Comments on: primary files http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/primary-files/ Sun, 19 May 2013 03:14:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: tomliotta http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/primary-files/#comment-74571 tomliotta Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:17:41 +0000 #comment-74571 A Program described Printer File for hich we use O spec would most definitely not be a Primary file. No printer file is ever likely to be a primary file, and primary files won’t be described with O-specs.

Tom

]]> By: vids http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/primary-files/#comment-50854 vids Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:32:31 +0000 #comment-50854 An example of Primary file could be Program described Printer File for hich we use O spec to define printer file and its fields.
For more details you can refer IBM Redbooks like – RPG Programmers Guide and RPG Reference. There can be only one Primary File and rest will be secondary files or externally described files in RPG.

As said in previous answer we need to use indicators for Primary Described File.

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