Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!ubc-cs!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!NSTN.NS.CA!cs.dal.ca!silvert From: silvert@cs.dal.ca (Bill Silvert) Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran Subject: Re: Option in OPEN... which is more prevalent?? Summary: Neither? Message-ID: <1990Nov5.010617.24189@cs.dal.ca> Date: 5 Nov 90 01:06:17 GMT References: <3798@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> Sender: silvert@cs.dal.ca.UUCP (Bill Silvert) Reply-To: bill%biomel@cs.dal.ca Distribution: na Organization: Habitat Ecology Div., Bedford Inst. of Oceanography Lines: 18 In article <3798@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski) writes: > >Which option in OPEN to specify "standard" FORTRAN printer carriage control >is more prevalent (and considered most portable)???: > > ACTION='PRINT' > > - or - > CARRIAGECONTROL='FORTRAN' I'm at home without a copy of the standard, but checking my memory and Meissner and Organick, neither seems standard. Can someone clarify where these extensions come from? -- William Silvert, Habitat Ecology Division, Bedford Inst. of Oceanography P. O. Box 1006, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, CANADA B2Y 4A2. Tel. (902)426-1577 UUCP=..!{uunet|watmath}!dalcs!biomel!bill BITNET=bill%biomel%dalcs@dalac InterNet=bill%biomel@cs.dal.ca