(j3.2006) How should inquired if opened work?

[Malcolm Cohen]

On Wed, 2013-09-25 at 10:07 +0900, Malcolm Cohen wrote:
> This is clearly outwith the scope of the standard, seeing as how it depends on
> the physical properties of files.  Whether "x" is the same as "./x" is a
> property of the filesystem, and whether two separate files can access some or
> all of the same underlying hardware is a property of those files.

Van Snyder opined:
>It comes down to what "the file specified" in 9.10.2.19 means.

No, the whole question is already excluded by clause 1.

We really do not want to be even thinking of getting involved in file system 
issues.  Those more properly belong to standards like Posix, and we don't even 
have a usable standard binding Posix to Fortran.

Cheers,
-- 
................................Malcolm Cohen, Nihon NAG, Tokyo.