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.