The RECORDTYPE specifier asks which type of records are in a file. It takes the following form:
RECORDTYPE = rtype
Is a scalar default character variable that is assigned one of the following values:
'FIXED' |
If the file is connected for fixed-length records |
'VARIABLE' |
If the file is connected for variable-length records |
'SEGMENTED' |
If the file is connected for unformatted sequential data transfer using segmented records |
'STREAM' |
If the file's records are not terminated |
'STREAM_CR' |
If the file's records are terminated with a carriage return |
'STREAM_LF' |
If the file's records are terminated with a line feed |
'STREAM_CRLF' |
If the file's records are terminated with a carriage return/line feed pair |
'UNKNOWN' |
If the file is not connected |