12.5.19 PAD Specifier

The PAD specifier asks whether blank padding was specified for the file. It takes the following form:

 PAD = pd

pd

Is a scalar default character variable that is assigned one of the following values:

'NO'	If the file or unit was connected with PAD='NO'
'YES'	If the file or unit is not connected, or it was connected with PAD='YES'