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COPYEXT (↑ Compiler Control)
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  Directive:    COPYEXT
 
  Function:     Specifies the file-name extension of the COPY-file that
                the compiler is to look for if a file-name in a COPY
                statement is specified without an extension.
 
  Syntax:
                                  ┌─────────────┐
                                  ▼             │
     ─┬───┬──COPYEXT─"extension─┬─────────────┬─"──
        └─/─┘                     └─,─extension─┘
 
  Parameters:   extension              A file-name extension.
 
  Default:      COPYEXT "CBL,CPY,"
 
  Phase:        Syntax check
 
  $SET:         Initial
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