Record Types

Here is a table containing the record type codes, the record name, and a short description of the record contents.

0	START_MARKER	Start of SAVE file
1	COMMON_VARIABLE	Block contains a common block definition
2	VARIABLE	Block contains variable data
3	SYSTEM_VARIABLE	Block contains system variable data
6	END_MARKER	End of SAVE file
10	TIMESTAMP	Block contains time stamp information
12	COMPILED	Block contains compiled procedure or function
13	IDENTIFICATION	Block contains author information
14	VERSION	Block contains IDL version information
15	HEAP_HEADER	Block contains heap index information
16	HEAP_DATA	Block contains heap data
17	PROMOTE64	Flags start of 64-bit record file offsets
19	NOTICE	Disclaimer notice

All of these record types, except for VARIABLE, SYSTEM_VARIABLE and HEAP_DATA, are read using the CMSV_RREC low-level procedure.