INQUIRE: RECORDTYPE Specifier

The RECORDTYPE specifier asks which type of records are in a file. It takes the following form:

RECORDTYPE = rtype

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