RECORDTYPE = rtype rtype Is a character scalar memory reference that is assigned one of the following values: 'FIXED' If the file is open for fixed-length records 'VARIABLE' If the file is open for variable-length records 'SEGMENTED' If the file is open for unformatted sequential I/O 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 processor cannot determine the record type or the file is not open