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PRAGMA PROGRAM REFERENCE MANUAL
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Index
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All Operation
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EXTERNAL GET WAIT
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XGW
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Standard Verb
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External File Access Operation
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Target = REFERENCE (RF), EXTERNAL ECHO (XE), FILE STATUS (FST)
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Retrieves a record from a file. If the record is locked by another user,
it waits until the record becomes free.
If PRAGMA cannot find the specified record, the EXTERNAL ECHO will contain a
"record not found" message and no record will be retrieved.
After accessing the file the reference of the record is written to the target
noun REFERENCE. EXTERNAL ECHO contains the status message of the access.
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EXTERNAL GET WAIT reference CHOICE in file FILE
CHOICE can be a noun, number or an expression that identifies the record
you want to access. FILE is the name of the file that is to be accessed.
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SEE ALSO: EXTERNAL GET NOWAIT / EXTERNAL GET WAIT THIS / EXTERNAL BEGIN
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