VMS Help FORTRAN, Statements, READ, Sequential, List-directed  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  List-directed sequential READ statement formats:

  1. READ(extu,*[,iostat][,err][,end])[iolist]

     Reads from a specified external unit.
     Translates the data from character to binary
     format according to the data types of the
     variables in the I/O list.

  2. READ *[,iolist]

     Reads from FOR$READ (normally, the terminal).
     Translates the data from character to binary
     format according to the data types of the
     variables in the I/O list.