1 GET
 The GET statement moves a record from a file to a record buffer and  makes
 the  data  available  for  processing.   GET  statements  are valid on RMS
 sequential, relative, indexed, and block I/O files.

 Examples

 GET #1%
 GET #2%, RECORD 155%, WAIT 0%
 GET #1%, KEY #0 EQ "JONES"
 GET #2%, RFA Address(5)
 GET #1%, RECORD A%, ALLOW READ

2 Syntax

     GET chnl-exp [, position-clause ] [, lock-clause ]

                        { RFA rfa-var      }
       position-clause: { RECORD num-exp   }
                        { KEY # key-clause }

       lock-clause:  { ALLOW allow-clause [WAIT [int-exp]] }
                     { WAIT [int-exp]                      }
                     { REGARDLESS                          }

                      { NONE   }
       allow-clause:  { READ   }
                      { MODIFY }

                                    { str-exp      }
       key-clause:  int-exp1 rel-op { int-exp2     }
                                    { decimal-exp  }
                                    { quadword-exp }

                { EQ }
       rel-op:  { GE }
                { GT }
                { NX }
                { NXEQ }