OpenVMS Record Management Services

This reference manual provides detailed documentation for OpenVMS Record Management Services (RMS). It includes:

• General Information (Part I): Introduces RMS functions, programming interfaces, and C programming implementations.
• Control Blocks (Part II): Detailed descriptions of RMS control blocks, including File Access Blocks (FAB), Name Blocks (NAM), Record Access Blocks (RAB), 64-bit Record Access Blocks (RAB64), and various Extended Attribute Blocks (XABs).
• RMS Services (Part III): Format and usage descriptions for RMS record management services such as $CLOSE, $CONNECT, $CREATE, $DELETE, $GET, $PUT, $READ, $WRITE, and $UPDATE.
• Appendices: Provides information on control block macros for VAX MACRO programming and extensive examples of RMS usage.