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EXTERNAL GET NOWAIT LOCK FIRST XGNLF Standard Verb External File Access Operation
Target = REFERENCE (RF), EXTERNAL ECHO (XE), FILE STATUS (FST)

Retrieves the first record from a file and locks the record. If the record is
already locked by another user, it immediately returns with a message of
"conflict" in EXTERNAL ECHO and a status of 3 in FILE STATUS.

The reference of the record is written to the target noun REFERENCE.

EXTERNAL GET NOWAIT LOCK FIRST in file FILE

FILE is the name of the file whose FIRST record is to be accessed and locked.



SEE ALSO: EXTERNAL GET WAIT LOCK FIRST / EXTERNAL GET NOWAIT FIRST / EXTERNAL GET WAIT FIRST


 

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