Record Management Services (RMS) are procedures in the VMS, RSTS/E, RT-11 and high-end RSX-11 operating systems that programs may call to process files and records within files. Its file formats and procedures are similar to of those in some IBM access methods for several of its mainframe computer operating systems and by other vendors for file and record management. VMS RMS is an integral part of the system software; its procedures run in executive mode. (RMS was not integrated into RT-11 and RSTS/E, but was available as a "layered product".)
RMS supports four record access methods:
Sequential AccessRelative Record Number AccessRecord File Address AccessIndexed AccessRMS supports four record formats:
Fixed lengthVariable lengthVariable record length with fixed-length control blocksStream files (records separated by termination characters)STREAM: Records terminated by CRLFSTREAM_CR: Records terminated by CRSTREAM_LF: Records terminated by LFDigital provided the File Definition Language (FDL) which could be used to define the structure of an RMS file.
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