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#### 5.1.32 Extended I/O specifiers

GNU Fortran supports the additional legacy I/O specifiers `CARRIAGECONTROL`, `READONLY`, and `SHARE` with the compile flag `-fdec`, for compatibility.

`CARRIAGECONTROL`
  The `CARRIAGECONTROL` specifier allows a user to control line termination settings between output records for an I/O unit. The specifier has no meaning for readonly files. When `CARRAIGECONTROL` is specified upon opening a unit for formatted writing, the exact `CARRIAGECONTROL` setting determines what characters to write between output records. The syntax is:

                OPEN(..., CARRIAGECONTROL=cc)

  Where cc is a character expression that evaluates to one of the following values:

  `'LIST'` | One line feed between records (default)
  `'FORTRAN'` | Legacy interpretation of the first character (see below)
  `'NONE'` | No separator between records

  With `CARRIAGECONTROL='FORTRAN'`, when a record is written, the first character of the input record is not written, and instead determines the output record separator as follows:

  Leading character | Meaning | Output separating character(s)
  --- | --- | ---
  `'+'` | Overprinting | Carriage return only
  `'-'` | New line | Line feed and carriage return
  `'0'` | Skip line | Two line feeds and carriage return
  `'1'` | New page | Form feed and carriage return
  `'$'` | Prompting | Line feed (no carriage return)
  `CHAR(0)` | Overprinting (no advance) | None

`READONLY`
  The `READONLY` specifier may be given upon opening a unit, and is equivalent to specifying `ACTION='READ'`, except that the file may not be deleted on close (i.e. `CLOSE` with `STATUS="DELETE"`). The syntax is:

                OPEN(..., READONLY)

`SHARE`
  The `SHARE` specifier allows system-level locking on a unit upon opening it for controlled access from multiple processes/threads. The `SHARE` specifier has several forms:

                OPEN(..., SHARE=sh)
                OPEN(..., SHARED)
                OPEN(..., NOSHARED)

  Where sh in the first form is a character expression that evaluates to a value as seen in the table below. The latter two forms are aliases for particular values of sh:

  Explicit form | Short form | Meaning
  --- | --- | ---
  `SHARE='DENYRW'` | `NOSHARED` | Exclusive (write) lock
  `SHARE='DENYNONE'` | `SHARED` | Shared (read) lock

  In general only one process may hold an exclusive (write) lock for a given file at a time, whereas many processes may hold shared (read) locks for the same file.

  The behavior of locking may vary with your operating system. On POSIX systems, locking is implemented with `fcntl`. Consult your corresponding operating system's manual pages for further details. Locking via `SHARE=` is not supported on other systems.