Forms for Direct-Access READ Statements

Direct-access READ statements transfer input data from external records with direct access. (The attributes of a direct-access file are established by the OPEN statement.)

A direct-access READ statement can be formatted or unformatted, and takes one of the following forms:

Formatted:

READ (eunit, format, rec [, iostat] [, err]) [io-list]

Unformatted:

READ (eunit, rec [, iostat] [, err]) [io-list]

For more information, see READ in the A to Z Reference.

This section discusses the following topics:

• Rules for Formatted Direct-Access READ Statements
• Rules for Unformatted Direct-Access READ Statements

For More Information:

• See I/O control-list specifiers.
• See I/O lists.
• On file sharing, see your programmer's guide.