The file count in record type INMR02 is discarded. Records are not spanned across blocks. Blocks are padded with binary zeros, which are discarded. The input is considered a byte stream. The line end character is removed from the logical records when they are written to the output stream.
Logical records can span blocks, as can the line end sequence.
A null record is written for two consecutive carriage return line feed sequences. The input is considered a byte stream. Logical records can span blocks, as can the separator string. A null record is written for two consecutive occurrences of the speci- fied string. The input is considered a byte stream.