LINKAGE SECTION
The LINKAGE SECTION describes data made available from another program.
- record-description-entry
- See WORKING-STORAGE SECTION for a description.
- data-item-description-entry
- See WORKING-STORAGE SECTION for a description.
Record description entries and data item description entries in the LINKAGE SECTION provide names and descriptions, but storage within the program is not reserved because the data area exists elsewhere. Type-names may be defined in the LINKAGE SECTION.
Any data description clause can be used to describe items in the LINKAGE SECTION with the following exceptions:
- You cannot specify the VALUE clause for items other than level-88 items.
- You cannot specify the EXTERNAL clause.
You can specify the GLOBAL clause in the LINKAGE SECTION.