# INQUIRE: 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
'STREAM_CRLF' | If the file's records are terminated with a carriage return/line feed pair
'UNKNOWN' | If the file is not connected

Parent topic: INQUIRE Statement Specifiers