12.5.9 DIRECT Specifier

The DIRECT specifier asks whether a file is connected for direct access. It takes the following form:

DIRECT = dir

dir
Is a scalar default character variable that is assigned one of the following values:

'YES'   If the file is connected for direct access 
'NO'   If the file is not connected for direct access 
'UNKNOWN'   If the file is not connected 


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