A filepointer describes together with mode and submode one record of a file. Procedures for handling of files with filepointers work sequentially and are much faster for work with a high number of records than the procedures which work with record numbers ( LOADFILE, SAVEFILE). To remove or move records is possible only with filepointers.

FILENEXT, FILEPREV	Next/previous record
FILEREAD, FILEWRITE	Read/write record
FILEXCHG	move record
FILEREMOVE	remove record
FILEFIND	Search for record
FILELABEL$	File label
GETFP	Get file pointer to a record number

These procedures work directly with data in filebuffer.