RECL = rcl rcl Is a scalar integer variable whose value depends on the following conditions: - If the file or unit is open, "rcl" is the maximum record length allowed in the file - If the file is not open, "rcl" is the maximum record length allowed in the file; or, if the maximum record length is 0, "rcl" is the length of the longest record in the file - If the file is segmented, "rcl" is the longest segment length in the file - If the file does not exist, "rcl" is 0. The assigned value is expressed in longwords (4-byte units) if the file is currently (or was previously) connected for unformatted data transfer; otherwise, the value is expressed in bytes.