RECFORM Subcommand (FILE HANDLE command)
RECFORM
specifies
the record format and is necessary when you specify 360
on MODE
. RECFORM
has no effect with
other specifications on MODE
.
FIXED. Fixed-length
record. All records have the same length. Alias F
. When FIXED
is specified, the record length must be specified on the LRECL
subcommand.
VARIABLE. Variable-length
record. No logical record is larger than one physical
block. Alias V
.
SPANNED. Spanned record. Records may be larger than fixed-length physical blocks. Alias VS
.