# INQUIRE: SEQUENTIAL Specifier

The SEQUENTIAL specifier asks whether a file is connected for sequential access. It takes the following form:

SEQUENTIAL = seq

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

Parent topic: INQUIRE Statement Specifiers