Statements for Input and Output

The following table lists statements used for input and output.

Name	Procedure Type	Description
ACCEPT	Statement	Similar to a formatted, sequential READ statement.
BACKSPACE	Statement	Positions a file to the beginning of the previous record.
CLOSE	Statement	Disconnects the specified unit.
DELETE	Statement	Deletes a record from a relative file.
ENDFILE	Statement	Writes an end-of-file record or truncates a file.
FLUSH	Statement	Causes data written to a file to become available to other processes or causes data written to a file outside of Fortran to be accessible to a READ statement.
INQUIRE	Statement	Returns the properties of a file or unit.
OPEN	Statement	Associates a unit number with an external device or file.
PRINT (or TYPE)	Statement	Displays data on the screen.
READ	Statement	Transfers data from a file to the items in an I/O list.
REWIND	Statement	Repositions a file to its first record.
REWRITE	Statement	Rewrites the current record.
WRITE	Statement	Transfers data from the items in an I/O list to a file