[Info-vax] MAX record size in a sequential file

[StGallen]

On Tuesday, May 15, 2012 12:39:42 PM UTC+5:30, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> 
> I think your basic problem is that the file do not have a fixed record 
> length, so how do you expect the map to work?
> When dealing with variable record lengths, you need to be more clever.
> (What's wrong with just opening the file and doing LINPUT on it?)
> 
> 	Johnny
LINPUT will only work with terminal format files. BASIC run time error = 164.
	  OPEN ABC_FILE FOR INPUT AS FILE #158%,      &
	  ORGANIZATION UNDEFINED,                     &
	  RECORDTYPE ANY,                             &
	  ACCESS READ,                                &
	  ALLOW NONE

LINPUT #158%, ABC_REC !==> 158 must be a Terminal Format file.