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COBEDT
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A COBOL FILE EDITING PACKAGE
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A B S T R A C T
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COBEDT IS A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO AID APPLICATION PROGRAMMERS
IN INTERPRETING AND PATCHING COBOL FILES WHOSE  ASCII OR SIXBIT RECORDS HAVE 
 IMBEDDED COMPUTATIONAL DATA ITEMS.
THE PROGRAM CAN BE RUN FROM EITHER BATCH OR TIMESHARING  AND
CONSISTS OF 2 DISTINCT PHASES.
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1. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORD FORMAT FOR THE FILE TO BE EDITED.
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2. THE MANIPULATION LANGUAGE THAT PERMITS THE PRINTING AND PATCHING
OF THE FILE.
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THE FILE DESCRIPTOR PHASE (PHASE 1) PROMPTS THE USER WITH A "FD-" IN THE LEFT MARGIN.
THE USER MAY THEN ENTER THE VARIOUS COMMANDS THAT DESCRIBE THE FORMAT OF THE FILE.
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THE MANIPULATION LANGUAGE PHASE PROMPTS THE USER WITH A "ML-"
IN THE LEFT MARGIN.  THE USER MAY THEN ENTER THE SOS TYPE COMMANDS
TO UPDATE, EDIT OR PATCH A PARTICULAR DATA FILE.
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MODIFICATIONS
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COBEDT HAS BEEN WRITTEN TO ACCOMMODATE MODIFICATIONS.
  IT IS A VERY
SIMPLE MATTER TO DETERMINE A NEW DATA FORMAT AND
ADD THE NECESSARY COMMANDS TO THE COBEDT COMMAND LIST.
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