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A recfile is nothing but a text file which conforms to a few simple rules. This chapter shows you how, by observing these rules, recfiles of arbitrary complexity can be written.
• Fields: | The key–value pairs which comprise the data. | |
• Records: | The main entities of a recfile. | |
• Comments: | Information for humans’ benefit only. | |
• Record Descriptors: | Describing different types of records. |