Rewrite Twice?

I have a situation where I'm processing a request that comes in a
sequential file. At the end of processing, we rewrite the record so we
know processing is complete. I'm now adding some logic and want to
perform a rewrite in the middle of processing in case the program
abends in the middle, we can recover properly. Unfortunately, the
second rewrite then fails. Is there any way to rewrite a record twice
or do I need to close the file and re-read it back to the point I was
at?

I'm using Microfocus Workbench on Windows XP.

Thanks!

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