[mod.computers.vax] maximum record length of a file

WARNOCK@clemson.CSNET (Todd Warnock) (11/29/86)

Exactly what is the "MAXIMUM RECORD SIZE for a file ????  I need to know
the length of the longest record in a given file...  The lexical function
F$FILE("''filename'","MRS") SEEMS like it should return what I need, however
it only works CORRECTLY some of the time...  Why is this ?  It seems to
work correctly on savesets, although I cannot be sure that it ONLY works
on them...  Surely the correct information can be obtained from an 
image via some system service, but I've been unable to locate one...
Any help would be appreciated...

Thanks.

Todd Warnock
Clemson University
WARNOCK@CLEMSON.CSNET