VMS Help FORTRAN, Statements, Input Output, List Directed  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  List-directed I/O statements are similar to formatted statements in
  function, but control the translation of data through data types
  instead of explicit format specifiers.

  List-directed I/O statements specify a format (FMT=) in the control
  list (clist).  Other "clist" elements are required depending on the
  type of access.

  List-directed sequential READ:

    READ (UNIT=u,FMT=*[,IOSTAT=ios][,ERR=err][,END=end]) [iolist]
    READ * [,iolist]

  List-directed internal READ

    READ (UNIT=u,FMT=*[,IOSTAT=ios][,ERR=err][,END=end]) [iolist]

  List-directed sequential WRITE

    WRITE (UNIT=u,FMT=*[,IOSTAT=ios][,ERR=err]) [iolist]

  List-directed internal WRITE

    WRITE (UNIT=u,FMT=*[,IOSTAT=ios][,ERR=err]) [iolist]