FILE

 

blockfactorSpeci￿es the number of logical records per

 

 

 

physical bloc k for new ￿les. The maximum size

 

 

 

is 255.

 

F, U, or V

De￿nes the format of the records of the ￿le.

 

 

 

A ￿le can contain ￿xed-length records ( F),

 

 

 

unde￿ned-length records ( U), or variable-length

 

 

 

records (V). The default is F for disk ￿les.

 

BINARY or

Speci￿es the type of records. BINARY indicates

 

ASCII

binary-coded records and is the default. ASCII

 

 

 

indicates ASCII-coded records.

ENV

Speci￿es the name of a ￿le, env￿le , containing printer

 

environment information, whic h controls the print output

 

formats on the prin ter. Not all printers support this feature

 

of accepting environment information. The env￿le can be an

 

actual ￿le designator, or it can be a formal ￿le designator

 

preceded by an asterisk ( *).

 

The information in the env￿le can contain speci￿cations

 

for page size, character fonts, forms, and other prin ter

 

requirements to be used with the HP laser prin ting system.

 

The ￿le must be in a suitable form for do wnloading to the

 

printer.

 

 

 

For example, to specify the en vironment ￿le

 

ACCTENV.HPENV.SYS to be used when prin ting, enter:

 

 

FILE ACCTLIST;DEV=ACCTPP;ENV=ACCTENV.HPENV.SYS

 

 

 

 

 

For information on creating an en vironment ￿le for your

 

printer, refer to y our printer documentation.

ACC

Speci￿es only append access to an y ￿le.

FORMS

Provides an operator message requesting that certain forms be

 

mounted. The message m ust appear and be replied to at the

 

console before the output data can prin t on a line printer.

The message can consist of a string of 49 or few er ASCII characters terminated b y a period. You can use this parameter

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