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

Retrieves the first record from a file. If the record is locked by another
user, it waits until the record becomes free.

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 WAIT FIRST in file FILE

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



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


 

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