SEEDIS file locations

NDE = 13 
AREAS = 3542 
CARDLENGTH = 70 
MISSING = -999.000000000 -999.000000000 
* series-dependent, state-independent file information
* [cache.perm.dbname.ftype.level]series.cod 5/19/92 dwm
DE = DBNAME               
   TYPE = A 
   USE = K 
   START = 1 
   LENGTH = 9 
   HEADER =#database name#
DE = FTYPE                
   TYPE = A 
   USE = K 
   START = 10 
   LENGTH = 3 
   HEADER =#DAT or NDX#
DE = LEVEL                
   TYPE = A 
   USE = K 
   START = 13 
   LENGTH = 9 
   HEADER =#geographic level#
DE = SERIES               
   TYPE = A 
   USE = K 
   START = 22 
   LENGTH = 1 
   HEADER =#tape or disk pack series#
*               vers 1  vers 2  vers 3  vers 4  vers 5
* GSS prod         1
* GSS priv         2                       3
* BCK prod         4       D       E
* BCK priv         5       C       F
* VMS prod         6       7       8               9
DE = DTYPE                
   TYPE = A 
   USE = D 
   START = 23 
   LENGTH = 1 
   HEADER =#device type#
   HEADER =#G=GSS  V=VMS disk B=backup#
DE = VOLUME               
   TYPE = A 
   USE = D 
   START = 24 
   LENGTH = 10 
DE = NODE                 
   TYPE = A 
   USE = D 
   START = 34 
   LENGTH = 6 
   HEADER =#birthsite node#
DE = DATE                 
   TYPE = A 
   USE = D 
   START = 40 
   LENGTH = 6 
   HEADER =#installation date (yymmdd)#
DE = HALFBLOCKS           
   TYPE = I 
   USE = D 
   START = 46 
   LENGTH = 10 
   HEADER =#size in units of 256 bytes#
   HEADER =#(1/2 of a VMS block)#
   HEADER =#(1/15 of a GSS phys rec unit)#
DE = FILES                
   TYPE = I 
   USE = D 
   START = 56 
   LENGTH = 7 
   HEADER =#no of files on GSS#
DE = NO.COUNTY80          
   TYPE = I 
   USE = D 
   START = 63 
   LENGTH = 5 
   HEADER =#number of 1980 census counties#
DE = STATES.ARCHIVED      
   TYPE = I 
   USE = D 
   START = 68 
   LENGTH = 3 
   HEADER =#number of states archived#
DE = PATH                 
   TYPE = A 
   USE = D 
   START = 71 
   LENGTH = 70 
   HEADER =#archive pathname#
END DDF  

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