Date   : Mon, 10 Jun 1996 10:24:08 +0100
From   : angus@...
Subject: OSGBPB question

Mark de Weger writes:
>The Advanced User Guide is not very clear about the value
>of the sequential pointer when using OSGBPB. (It juggles
>a bit with the "old", the "new" and the "parameter block"
>sequential pointer.)
>
>Could anybody tell me if I am correct in my following interpretation:
>
>- OSGBPB with A=1 uses the sequential pointer provided in the
>  parameter block.
>- OSGBPB with A=2 does not use the sequential pointer in the parameter
>  block. Instead it uses the sequential pointer associated with the
>  file handle (which is specified as the first byte of the parameter
>  block).

This is correct. (Sorry for the terse followup, but the question was so
precise that there's nothing more to say.)

a.
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