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Subject: Re: Problem with Fortan system(3F) and open files
Keywords: Software
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Date: 3 Apr 89 20:18:48 GMT
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> A problem has been noted with the procedure system(3F) in fortran.
> ...all opened files are truncated as soon as a call to system(3F) is made.

This is definitively a bug. I had the same problem earlier. SUNOS 3.4 and
3.5. (don't know about earlier releases)

B.Walter
german aerospace research establishment DLR
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