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MS-Cobol for DOS

Needed Object Files

fats.obj The FATS module for DOS

Linking a Cobol Program with FATS

To execute a compiled Cobol program that calls FATS, you must link the interface FATS.OBJ with your compiled Cobol object file.

Calling FATS

FATS commands are executed with the function FBSCOB:

CALL 'FBSCOB' USING CMND, ERRORCODE, RECNO, KEYADR

Parameter Usage:

CMND Command string (input)
ERRORCODE Errorcode (output)
RECNO Record Number
KEYADR The memory address (in FATS segment) where the key can be found

For more information, see pages 4-77, 9-77 and 9-77.

CMND	Command string (input)
ERRORCODE	Errorcode (output)
RECNO	Record Number
KEYADR	The memory address (in FATS segment) where the key can be found