when we use the FB we cant compress it,to free the unused space ......

WE HAVE 5 DIFFERENT RECORDING MODE IN COBOL.FIXED,
FIXEDBLOCK, VARIABLE, VARIABLEBLOCK AND UNDEFINED.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE AMONG ALL AND WHICH TYPE OF FORMAT
SHOULD BE USED WHEN

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when we use the FB we cant compress it,to free the unused
space ......
but in VB we can compress the PDS to free the unused space
in it ...
when we use U it is used for storing only executable files
.... that is the load module,what we get
when we compile the cobol program

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