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EXTERNAL GET NEXT XGN Standard Verb External File Access Operation
Target = REFERENCE (RF), EXTERNAL ECHO (XE)

Retrieves the next record from a file.
This is particularly useful after having positioned the file pointer directly
ahead of a record with the verb EXTERNAL BEGIN.

The reference of the record is written to the target noun REFERENCE.
The noun EXTERNAL ECHO contains the status message of the file operation.

EXTERNAL GET NEXT in file FILE

FILE is the name of the file whose NEXT record is to be accessed.



SEE ALSO: EXTERNAL GET / EXTERNAL BEGIN

 
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