Trying my hand with OpenCOBOL has opened my eyes to just how spoiled rotten I was by the software development environment that I used in the COBOL development house that I worked at previously.

Sadly, I never even thought to learn what the JCL compiler was actually doing when it was told to create a new file. All I had to do was OPEN OUTPUT and then CLOSE the file prior its first use and I was good-to-go.

I've figured out how to create StreamIO files from within an OpenCOBOL program and I've tried using that method, as well as the Windows OS, to create a file stub which I've then attempted to define and use within a program to create an indexed file. Needless to say, this does not work and I feel n00bish for having tried it.

(I'm using Oracle's Berkeley DB for indexed files.)

Can some one please instruct me in the correct method(s) for creating indexed files, both from within a program and from the command line?