SOME TYPICAL VALUES FOR THE "HOW OPEN CODE" (HOC) ARE AS FOLLOWS: HOC = 416 FILE IS ACCESSED FOR WRITE FILE IS ACCESSED FOR EXTENDING A NEW FILE WILL BE CREATED FILE WILL BE ACCESSED USING DIRECT ACCESS (RANDOM) BLOCK I/O. HOC = 401 FILE IS ACCESSED FOR READ ONLY FILE WILL BE ACCESSED USING DIRECT ACCESS (RANDOM) BLOCK I/O. HOC = 516 FILE IS ACCESSED FOR WRITE FILE IS ACCESSED FOR EXTENDING IF THE FILE EXISTS IT WILL BE SUPERSEEDED (OVERWRITTEN), IF THE FILE DOES NOT EXIST IT WILL BE CREATED. FILE WILL BE ACCESSED USING DIRECT ACCESS (RANDOM) BLOCK I/O. HOC = 441 FILE IS ACCESSED FOR READ ONLY FILE IS OPENED FOR SHARED ACCESS RECORD I/O HOC = 1016 FILE IS ACCESSED FOR WRITE FILE IS ACCESSED FOR EXTENDING A NEW FILE WILL BE CREATED FILE WILL BE ACCESSED USING RANDOM ACCESS OF FIXED LENGTH RECORDS. BUFFERING OF THE RECORDS WILL TAKE PLACE.