User`s guide

4: Record Transfer Interface (BSCRTI)
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are not deblocked using record separator characters, but by the length
of the ICP read block or
recl, whichever is smaller.
forms This is a pointer to an integer. It is a longword indicating the type of
forms control,
FORTRAN, ESCAPE, or NONE (default), defined as 1, 2, and
0, respectively, in the
BSCTRAN.INC include file. If the input value is
NONE, and FORTRAN or ESCAPE forms control characters are encountered
at the start of the first record, the output value will be changed to
either
FORTRAN or ESCAPE. The forms control characters will remain at
the start of the record to be interpreted by the calling routine.
dtime This is a pointer to a descriptor. It is a character string containing the
timeout value in the following time string format:
VMS format:
dddd hh:mm:ss
UNIX format: hh:mm:ss
Return Codes
See Table 5–2 on page 95 for full descriptions of the error return codes.
Success RCOK
Failure RCNAS, RCOVRSZ, RCTO, RCUNR, RCQ_RDTO