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From: blbates@AERO4.LARC.NASA.GOV ("Brent L. Bates AAD/TAB MS361 x42854")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Binary files on 4D machines
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Date: 15 Aug 90 19:31:14 GMT
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   Does anyone know if SGI plans on FIXING their FORTRAN, so that
we can write true binary files, the way we can on the 3000's.
This capability is SUPPOSE to be in release 3.3, however, it doesn't
work.  I want to open a file with a command like:

    open(unit,file='filename',form='binary')

   Then write to the file:

    write(unit) data

   Writting to a binary file should be as easy as writing to a
sequential unformatted file, the ONLY thing I should have to
change is the 'form' parameter in the open statement.
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					Brent