# Language Extensions: File Operation Statements

The following statement specifiers and statements are extensions:

- CLOSE statement specifiers:

  - STATUS values: 'SAVE' (as a synonym for 'KEEP'), 'PRINT', 'PRINT/DELETE', 'SUBMIT', 'SUBMIT/DELETE'

  - DISPOSE (or DISP)

- DELETE statement

- INQUIRE statement specifiers:

  - BINARY (W*S)

  - BLOCKSIZE

  - BUFFERED

  - CARRIAGECONTROL

  - CONVERT

  - DEFAULTFILE

  - FORM values: 'UNKNOWN', 'BINARY' (W*S)

  - IOFOCUS (W*S)

  - MODE as a synonym for ACTION

  - ORGANIZATION

  - RECORDTYPE

  - SHARE (W*S)

  See also INQUIRE Statement.

- OPEN statement specifiers:

  - ACCESS values: 'APPEND'

  - ASSOCIATEVARIABLE

  - BLOCKSIZE

  - BUFFERCOUNT

  - BUFFERED

  - CARRIAGECONTROL

  - CONVERT

  - DEFAULTFILE

  - DISPOSE (or DISP)

  - FORM value: 'BINARY' (W*S)

  - IOFOCUS (W*S)

  - MAXREC

  - MODE as a synonym for ACTION

  - NAME as a synonym for FILE

  - NOSHARED

  - ORGANIZATION

  - READONLY

  - RECORDSIZE as a synonym for RECL

  - RECORDTYPE

  - SHARE (W*S)

  - SHARED

  - TITLE (W*S)

  - TYPE as a synonym for STATUS

  - USEROPEN

  See also OPEN Statement.

Parent topic: Summary of Language Extensions