COBOL offers file handling capabilities for files of sequential, relative and indexed organization, using simple COBOL syntax.
                  In addition, Micro Focus COBOL offers additional file handling features. 
                  	  
               
            
 
            	 
             
               	 
            
 
            	 
             
               	 
               
                   
                     		   
                     		   
                     		  
                      
                        			 
                         
                           				
                           | File Handling Feature 
                              				
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                           | Line sequential file organization 
                              				
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                           Access ASCII text files from your COBOL program 
                              				
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                           | A set of COBOL system library routines 
                              				
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                           Manipulate files and directories 
                              				
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                           | A set of COBOL system library routines 
                              				
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                           Handle files at the byte level 
                              				
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                           | Fileshare 
                              				
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                           Access groups of files on network servers 
                              				
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                           | A conversion module 
                              				
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                           Read from and write to Btrieve files 
                              				
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