filestatements

#File Statements ##File Commands

open open a file close close a file put write alphanumeric text to a file get read alphanumeric text from a file write binary write to a file read binary read from a file seek move to a specified position in a file tell report the current file position eof check for end of file ##File Command Syntax **open** : _streamNo_, _fileName_, _ioCapability_ {, _ioCapability_ } ioCapability is one of get, put, read, write, seek, mod put or write capability will cause any existing fileto be truncated to zero length unless the mod capability is also specified. seek capability is needed to use seek or tellcommands.

**close** : _streamNo_**get** : _streamNo_ , _getItem_ { , _getItem_ }**put** : _streamNo_ , _putItem_ { , _putItem_ }**read** : _streamNo_ [ : _fileStatus_ ] , _readItem_ { , _readItem_ }**write** : _streamNo_[ : _fileStatus_ ] , _writeItem_ {, _writeItem_ }**seek** : _streamNo_ , _filePosition_ or **seek** : _streamNo_ , ***tell** : _streamNo_ , _filePositionVar_eof ( _streamNo_ ) : **boolean** (This is a function)##Appending to a Text File _% Open the file for **put**, but do not erase it_**open** : _streamNo_, _fileName_, **put** { , **get** }, **mod**_% Move the file pointer to the end of the file_**seek** : _streamNo_, *