Re: Updating a program described file

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is there time for a *duh* question from a programmer that will be 
red-faced in a few minutes?? 

I understood that the update opcode was to update a record, not a 
member?  I don't understand how this would work, even if were made to work?

Jeff Young wrote:
> Another solution would be to add a data structure for the source file to the program and use that for his I/O:
> FQCLSRC    UF  F  92        DISK                                
> IQCLSRC    AA  01                                                  
>   *                                                                
> D SOURCE      E  DS                        EXTNAME(QCLSRC)
> C    *entry        plist                                          
>  C                  parm                    filename        24    
>   *                                                                
> C                  read      QCLSRC               SOURCE               
>   *                                                                  
>  C                  eval      SrcDta = 'delete ' + filename 
>  C                  update    qclsrc                     SOURCE         
>   *                                                                  
>  C                  eval      *inlr = *on                            
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> Jeff Young 
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