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<p><b>New page</b></p><div> @SET-BLOCK-POINTER <file no.>, <block no.><br />
Set the byte pointer to the beginning of a block.<br />
; <file no.> : (100 - 121, octal) logical file number of an opened mass-storage file.<br />
; <block no.> : (default = 0, decimal) block number.<br />
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Rules:<br />
#Permitted for all users.<br />
#The byte pointer is set to the product of <block no.> and block size (in bytes).<br />
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Example:<br />
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@SET-BLOCK-SIZE 101, 512<br />
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@SET-BLOCK-POINTER 101, 1<br />
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The byte pointer is set to 2000 (octal) = 1024 (decimal).<br />
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== Related commands ==<br />
@[[SET-BLOCK-SIZE]]<br />
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@[[SET-BYTE-POINTER]]<br />
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[[SETBL (monitor call)]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{ND-doc|60.128.03}} (printed February 1983), page 1-181<br />
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{{ND-doc|60.174.Q01}}<br />
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<references/><br />
[[Category:Background Commands]]</div>
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