## 13.6.21 POSITION Specifier

The POSITION specifier indicates the position of a file connected for sequential access. It takes the following form:

  POSITION = pos
  pos
  Is a scalar default character expression that evaluates to one of the following values:

  'ASIS' | Indicates the file position is unchanged if the file exists and is already connected. The position is unspecified if the file exists but is not connected.
  'REWIND' | Indicates the file is positioned at its initial point.
  'APPEND' | Indicates the file is positioned at its terminal point (or before its end-of-file record, if any).

The default is 'ASIS'. (On Fortran I/O systems, this is the same as 'REWIND'.)

A new file (whether specified as new explicitly or by default) is always positioned at its initial point.

For More Information:

For details on record position, advancement, and transfer, see your user manual or programmer's guide.

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