## 13.5.27 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
  'UNKNOWN' | If the file is not connected

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