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Subject: Determining files-11 file types
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     How does one determine from inside a program whether an existing disk file
is  FORM="VARIABLE"  or  FORM="SEGMENTED"  (say from within a FORTRAN program).
                                                Thanks
                                                Harvey Goldman
                                                Physics Department
                                                Florida State Univ.
                                                Tallahassee, Florida 32301
                                                (904-644-1492)