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Chapter 5  File Extension Specifications 

You must enter a File Extension Specification for every compile-time
table and array, execution-time array, Record Address File (RAF), and
chaining file used in a program.  You enter the following information in
a File Extension Specification:

   *   Table or array names, descriptions of entries in the table or
       array, and the names of files in which they reside or to which
       they are written.

   *   Chaining fields (used to process chained files) and the chaining
       and chained file names.

   *   The name of a RAF and the name of the file it accesses.

The File Extension Specification is identified by an E in column 6:
___________________________________________________________________________________
|                                                                                 |
|                1         2         3         4         5         6         7    |
|            678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234|
|              _______________________________________________________            |
|                                                                                 |
|            E                                                                    |
|                                                                                 |
|                                                                                 |
___________________________________________________________________________________

          Figure 5-1.  The File Extension Specification 



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