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

Retrieves the present record from a file. If the record is locked by another
user, it waits until the record becomes free.
This is particularly useful after having positioned the file pointer directly
ahead of a record with the verb EXTERNAL BEGIN THIS, enabling you to retieve
previous record in a file.
The reference of the record is written to the target noun REFERENCE.

EXTERNAL GET WAIT THIS in file FILE

FILE is the name of the file to be accessed.



SEE ALSO: EXTERNAL GET NOWAIT THIS / EXTERNAL GET WAIT LOCK / EXTERNAL BEGIN THIS


 

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