What happens when you open an empty VSAM file in a COBOL
program for input?
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A VSAM file that has never contained a record is treated as
unavailable. Attempting to open for input will fail. An
empty file can be opened for output only. When you open for
output, COBOL will write a dummy record to the file & then
delete it out.
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