On Thu, 19 Mar 1998 10:01:41 PST Randy Klumph said: >What do "-fm," "lrecl," and "nrecs" stand for in the tables returned >from <index> or <search> -fm This is actually "rec fm" and it indicates whether the file is in a fixed or variable record format lrecl logical record length. For a file with fixed record format (F), this is the length of each record. For a file with variable record format (V), this is the maximum record length. nrecs number of records in the file Nathan