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The RECORDING MODE Clause

The RECORDING MODE clause specifies the format of the logical records in the file.

General Formats for Format 1 (Record Sequential Files)


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General Formats for Format 2 (Line Sequential Files)


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General Formats for Format 3 (Relative and Indexed Files)


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Syntax Rules

  1. F and FIXED are synonyms.
  2. V and VARIABLE are synonyms.

General Rules for All Formats (All Files)

  1. Specifying RECORDING MODE IS F causes all the records in the file to be the same length.

General Rules for Format 1 (Record Sequential Files)

  1. The "U" option is documentary only.

General Rules for Formats 1 and 3 (Record Sequential,Relative and Indexed Files)

  1. When RECORDING MODE IS V is specified, the records in the file can be either fixed or variable in length. Each data record includes a record length field. These fields are not part of the record description.

General Rules for Format 2 (Line SequentialFiles)

  1. Line sequential files are neither truly fixed nor truly variable format files: the presence or absence of any RECORDING MODE, RECORD CONTAINS or RECORD VARYING IN SIZE clause does not, therefore, impact their performance.
Parent topic: File Description Entry Skeleton