Checking if input file exists

[W.E.T.]

I let the user enter a name of an input file, is there a way to use my own valiadtion if the file does not exsist, instead of the the program throwing up a run-time error and exiting the program???

Thanks

Nick

[tzeis]

There are a couple of ways to do validation. You could either use the INQUIRE statement, or add a status variable to your OPEN statement. If an error occurs, the program will not terminate, the error will be reflected in the status variable.