cat telltest.txt 123456 789 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
cat telltest.f C234567 integer i character*99 buffer open(10,FILE="telltest.txt") read(10,'(a)') buffer !!read(10,*) buffer call ftell(10,i) print*,i close(10) end With gfortran-4.3, this prints "7". With gfortran-4.5, I get "99" for the "(a)" variant, and "80" for the "*" variant. "7" is definitely the right answer, IMO. -- Summary: Regression: wrong results with ftell Product: gcc Version: 4.5.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: manfred99 at gmx dot ch http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=43605