# INQUIRE: UNFORMATTED Specifier

The UNFORMATTED specifier asks whether a file is connected for unformatted data transfer. It takes the following form:

UNFORMATTED = unf

unf | Is a scalar default character variable that is assigned one of the following values:
'YES' | If the file is connected for unformatted data transfer
'NO' | If the file is not connected for unformatted data transfer
'UNKNOWN' | If the processor cannot determine whether the file is connected for unformatted data transfer

Parent topic: INQUIRE Statement Specifiers