Re: SPSS file record layout type 2 vs type 3

[John Darrington]

From what I recall, this is an internal "version number" of the spss
file format.  All modern files will have the value 3, but some older
spss versions (prior to spss v7 ?) will write 2.

In PSPP (and spss?) you can use the /VERSION subcommand to the SAVE
command to control what gets written.

On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 09:59:13AM -0500, Pascal Heus wrote:
     All:
     Does anyone now the exact meaning of the record layout type byte present 
     in the SPSS .sav file header? This is byte #65 that follows the $FL2 
     signature and the 60-byte information string. According to the 
     documentation I found and based on source codes, the only allowed values 
     are 2=SPSS file and 3=portable file. Problem is that I have recently 
     received a few files produced I think with SPSS 12 or 13 that have a 
     layout code = 3 (not sure why) but look exactly like a record layout 2 
     file. I'm trying to figure out where this difference comes from.
     thanks
     *P
     
     
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