FCLOSE

FCLOSE

Closes an external file, a directory, or a directory member and returns a value

CMS specifics: FCLOSE is required

Syntax

FCLOSE (file-id)

file-id: is the file-identifier that was assigned when the file was opened (generally by the FOPEN function).

Under CMS, you must close files with the FCLOSE function at the end of a DATA step; files are not closed automatically after processing.

See FINFO for an example that demonstrates the use of the FOPEN, FCLOSE, FINFO, FILENAME, FOPTNAME and FOPTNUM functions.

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