From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: fortran scratch files II
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 17:06:11 +0200
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"Orlando P. Hevia" wrote:
> 
> The following program shows the problem (well, I think it
> is not a problem if it can ve avoided easily)
> 
>       OPEN (UNIT=52,STATUS='SCRATCH')
>       CALL SYSTEM('DIR G:\\USR\\TMP\\FORT*')
>       READ(*,'()')
>       STOP
>       END

I don't understand: you are supposed to close the file before trying to open
unit 52 again.  This program doesn't close the file, so it will only be
deleted when the program exits.  What exactly are you trying to prove?