OPEN: ACCESS Specifier

The ACCESS specifier indicates the access method for the connection of the file. It takes the following form:

ACCESS = acc

acc

Is a scalar default character expression that evaluates to one of the following values:

'DIRECT'	Indicates direct access.
'SEQUENTIAL'	Indicates sequential access.
'STREAM'	Indicates stream access, where the file storage units of the file are accessible sequentially or by position.
'APPEND'	Indicates sequential access, but the file is positioned at the end-of-file record.

The default is 'SEQUENTIAL'.

There are limitations on record access by file organization and record type. For more information, see Building Applications.