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MOPEN

MOPEN


Opens a file by directory ID and member name and returns either the file identifier or a 0

Language element: function
Category: external-file
OpenVMS specifics: valid values for directory-id

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Syntax

MOPEN(directory-id,member-name<open-mode <,record-length<,record-format>>>)

Note:   This is a simplified version of the MOPEN function syntax. For the complete syntax and its explanation, see the MOPEN function in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary.  [cautionend]

directory-id
specifies the identifier that was assigned when the directory was opened, generally by the DOPEN function.

Details

The MOPEN function returns the identifier for the file, or 0 if the file could not be opened.
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