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<ignorelock>

The ignorelock option determines how READ operations should handle locks. Its behavior is similar to the Micro Focus IGNORELOCK option. This option is turned off by default, which corresponds to the default for Micro Focus COBOL.

Accepted Values

Value

Effect

Synonyms

yes

When the <ignorelock> option is enabled, all locks are ignored.

This corresponds to setting the Micro Focus IGNORELOCK option to ON.

y, true, on, 1

no

This is the default value.

When the <ignorelock> option is disabled, locks are not ignored, so the normal locking mechanism is in place.

This setting corresponds to the Micro Focus option IGNORELOCK = OFF, which is the default for Micro Focus COBOL.

n, false, off, 0

Example

<ignorelock>yes</ignorelock>

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