VMS Help OPEN  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    Opens a file for reading, writing, or both; assigns a logical
    name to a file; and places the name in the process logical name
    table.

    See the qualifier descriptions for restrictions.

    Format

      OPEN  logical-name[:] filespec

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