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From: Pyoung.pasa@XEROX.COM
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Subject: Re: VAX/VMS (FORTRAN) - record count
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Date: Sat, 13-Sep-86 18:58:00 EDT
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For a file of fixed length records you can specify a user-open routine,
request xabfhc on $OPEN, and calculate the number of records in the
file. I don't know of any way to get the number of records in a file of
variable length records such as a text file.

Phil Young