HP Fortran Programmer's Reference (September 2007)

HP Fortran statements
CLOSE
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CLOSE
Terminates file connection.
Syntax
CLOSE ( io-specifier-list )
io-specifier-list
is a list of the following comma-separated I/O specifiers:
[UNIT=] unit
specifies the unit connected to an external file. unit must be a positive
integer-valued expression. If the optional keyword UNIT= is omitted, unit
must be the first item in io-specifier-list .
ERR= stmt-label
specifies the label of the executable statement to which control passes if an
error occurs during statement execution. If neither IOSTAT= or ERR= is
specified and an error occurs, the program aborts and a system error
message is issued. stmt-label must be in the same scoping unit as the
CLOSE statement with the ERR= specifier.
IOSTAT= integer-variable
returns the I/O status after the statement executes. If the statement
executes successfully, integer-variable is set to zero. If an error occurs, it
is set to a positive integer that indicates which error occurred. If neither
IOSTAT= or ERR= is specified and an error occurs, the program aborts and a
system error message is issued.
STATUS= character-expression
specifies the state of the file after it is closed. character-expression can be
one of the following arguments:
'KEEP' Preserve the file after it is closed (default).
'DELETE' Do not preserve the file after it is closed.
The STATUS= specifier is ignored if the file was opened as a scratch file. See
“OPEN” on page 410 for a description of the OPEN statement.