02.06.03

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[02.06.03]

1. Input Files

   Name        Type    Description
   
   file.name   FILE    INPUT    [ ,{BCD}    ]    [ ,{CARD} ]
                                 [  {BINARY} ]    [  {TAPE} ]
   
                        ,BLOCKSIZE nn
   
                        [ ,ON ERROR statement.name.1 ]
                        [ ,FOR LABEL statement.name.2 ]
                        [ ,{HOLD}  ]    [ ,BEGIN ]
                           {SPANS}
   
                        ,record.name.1        nj
   
                        [ ,{BLOCK CONTROL}               ]
                        [  {FIND LENGTH IN data.name.1}  ]
                        [ ,PLACE LENGTH IN data.name.2   ]
   
                        [ record.name.2 . . . ]
   

   [Resolved by scan re-verification, 2026-08-01.] The mark nj after ,record.name.1 is genuine type on the page — full-strength, right-reading, and baseline-aligned with the form text (not bleed-through, which would print mirrored); a tiny trailing mark formerly read as a period is a dust speck, not a character. It corresponds to no defined syntax element and its purpose is unknown (stray keystroke, abandoned annotation, or erasure remnant); it is reproduced in the code block above per the fidelity rule.

   FILE card general forms for Input Files and Output Files (page 37).

2. Output Files

   Name        Type    Description
   
   file.name   FILE    OUTPUT   [ ,{BCD}    ]    [ ,{CARD} ]
                                 [  {BINARY} ]    [  {TAPE} ]
   
                        ,BLOCKSIZE nn
   
                        [ ,FOR LABEL statement.name.2 ]
   
                        [ ,BEGIN ]    [ ,SPANS ]
   
                        ,record.name.1
   
                        [ ,FIND LENGTH IN data.name.1  ]
                        [ ,PLACE LENGTH IN data.name.2 ]
                        [ ,PRIMARY ]    [ ,NO CONTROL WORD ]
   
                        [ ,record.name.2 . . . ]