FTELL — Current stream position

Description

Retrieves the current position within an open file.

This intrinsic is provided in both subroutine and function forms; however, only one form can be used in any given program unit.

Syntax

CALL FTELL(UNIT, OFFSET)
OFFSET = FTELL(UNIT)

Arguments

OFFSET Shall of type INTEGER.
UNIT Shall of type INTEGER.

Return value

In either syntax, OFFSET is set to the current offset of unit number UNIT, or to -1 if the unit is not currently open.

Example


PROGRAM test_ftell
  INTEGER :: i
  OPEN(10, FILE="temp.dat")
  CALL ftell(10,i)
  WRITE(*,*) i
END PROGRAM

Standard

GNU extension

Class

Subroutine, function

See also

FSEEK