LIKEFILE(filename)

The LIKEFILE keyword is used to define a prototyped parameter as a file with the same characteristics as the filename parameter.

Note:
In the following discussion, the term file parameter is used for the parameter within the procedure that was defined using the LIKEFILE keyword, the term parent file is used for the parameter of the LIKEFILE keyword whose definition is used to derive the definition of the parameter, and the term passed file is used for the file that is passed to the procedure by the caller.


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