Opening user defined input

[cargo2000]

I tryed writing a program where the user could pick the data file they wanted to process. I was woundering if thet is possable in cobol, I am new to the language. it went somthing like this...<br>
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select input-file assign to file-path.<br>
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01 file-path pic x(80) value spaces.<br>
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accept file-path line 1 column 1.<br>
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it was a while ago when i was working on the program and i can't quite remember the error i was getting. I was working with the fujitsu compiler for the pc.

 

[mrregan]

Cargo,<br>
I dont know about the fujitsu compiler, but I would code this as:<br>
select optional input-file assign to file-path<br>
The optional phrase keeps the program from blowing up if the file doesnt exist.