Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!nigel.ee.udel.edu!mccalpin From: mccalpin@perelandra.cms.udel.edu (John D. McCalpin) Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran Subject: Re: pure binary files in fortran on RS6000 (xlf) Message-ID: Date: 4 Apr 91 16:52:00 GMT References: <29850@cs.yale.edu> Sender: usenet@ee.udel.edu Organization: College of Marine Studies, U. Del. Lines: 16 Nntp-Posting-Host: perelandra.cms.udel.edu In-reply-to: fn@fractal.math.yale.edu's message of 4 Apr 91 16:12:31 GMT > On 4 Apr 91 16:12:31 GMT, fn@fractal.math.yale.edu (Francois Normant) said: Francois> I'm trying to write pure binary files in fortran in order to Francois> read them in C. On most UNIX workstations, the only way to do this is to open the file as unformatted and direct access. This is true of the IBM RS/6000, Sun, and SGI machines. The obvious disadvantage is that the record lengths must be fixed. -- John D. McCalpin mccalpin@perelandra.cms.udel.edu Assistant Professor mccalpin@brahms.udel.edu College of Marine Studies, U. Del. J.MCCALPIN/OMNET