On 22 Jun 2005 15:56:11 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >If my old addled brain is thinking correctly, I believe over 10 years ago >IBM decided to no longer be nice to programs and require that all programs >close any files they open. And if they did not close them, the system would >then issue a SC03 abend.
Probably true for Assembler. The 85 COBOL standard requires COBOL to clean up after itself and close all OPEN files on a STOP RUN. By implication GOBACK from a main program probably also does the same thing but I don't have a compiler and system to test it. Still it is bad practice not to close all files. Of course I am wondering what the need for an assembler routine is in the case that prompted the original posting. > >Or am I getting too forgetful??? > >Lizette Koehler > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
