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Closedown Program

For RPG, Closedown Program settings have these results:

• Y—Causes RPG to generate a Set on Last Record indicator (LR). This indicator closes all files and ensures a full initialization on the next call.
• N—Drops the LR indicator and issues a RETRN. The return allows for a faster subsequent call.

For COBOL, Closedown Program settings have these results:

• Y—Issues explicit CLOSE operations to each file.
• N—Drops CLOSE operations.