TRACK-AREA Clause

IBM DOS/VS COBOL permits an optional TRACK-AREA Clause in a SELECT statement (also called "file-control-entry"):

     TRACK-AREA IS integer-1 CHARACTERS

Here integer-1 is an integer.

This clause increases the efficiency of some file operations on the IBM System/360 Disk Operating System but is meaningless on other systems. ACUCOBOL-GT ignores it to remain compatible with IBM DOS/VS.

You may put a TRACK-AREA clause into a SELECT statement, but only when the compiler is in the IBM DOS/VS compatibility mode.

Put the TRACK-AREA clause in any convenient spot after the ASSIGN clause.