WRITE - Write internal work area back to file

The WRITE statement writes the page currently in the internal work area back to the file (or volume).

The page may have been modified by a MODIFY statement.

Format

WRITE / W                                                                                               

     

Example

READ 1
MODIFY 10,X'FF'
WRITE

Page 1 is read to memory.
X'FF' is assigned to the tenth byte.
After modification, page 1 is written back to the file.