Microsoft KB Archive/31225

Using EDLIN to Create Line Sequential Files

PSS ID Number: Q31225 Article last modified on 04-21-1993

2.00 2.10 2.20 MS-DOS

Summary: All Version 2.x releases of Microsoft COBOL require operation under MS-DOS Version 2.0 or later. The EDLIN editor uses a DOS Version 1.x end-of-file format and has not been upgraded to utilize DOS Version 2.x end-of-file conventions. Microsoft COBOL Version 2.x does not recognize DOS Version 1.x end-of-file conventions and will behave unpredictably if requested to do so. Therefore, using EDLIN to create COBOL Line Sequential files is not recommended.

Additional reference words: 2.00 2.10 2.20 Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.