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Subject: Re: system calls from fortran
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Date: Sun, 25-Jan-87 05:07:19 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 25 05:07:19 1987
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Keywords: f77, BSD4.3
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In article <10029@cgl.ucsf.edu.ucsfcgl.UUCP> alonso@ucsfcgl.UUCP (Darwin Alonso%Dill) writes:
>  Running under BSD4.3 using f77 is there a standard way to
>make system calls.
>... [e.g.]         !system call!	rm some.file

Easy.  Look up "system" in section 3F of the manual
(or incant "man 3f system").

If you're using f77, you should read this whole section.
Many C library routines are bundled up for use by
fortran programs.

|| Tom Stockfisch, UCSD Chemistry	tps%chem@sdcsvax.UCSD