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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Myers" <KMyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 11:47 PM
Subject: Console I/O Help with g77
> Hello,
>
> I am new to g77, and am attempting to convert a program that ran under VS
> Fortran on an IBM mainframe. I have converted most of the program without
> difficulty, but am having some problems related to console I/O. I am
using
> g77 under Windows 2000.
>
> The mainframe version of the program to be converted contains a number of
> lines similar to the following:
>
> CALL CMS(IRC,'CLRTERM ')
>
> These calls are used to clear the screen on IBM 3270 style terminals prior
> to subsequent output. Is there an equivalent g77 command that be used to
> clear the contents of the console (e.g. issue a form feed?)?
>
>
> The mainframe version of the program also contains numerous chunks of code
> similar to the following:
>
> 1315 REWIND 5
> 1411 WRITE(7,1412) PCS
> 1412 FORMAT(' ','Surface casing pressure (psi): ',F6.0)
> READ(5,*,ERR=1411,END=1415) PCS
>
> g77 doesn't seem to allow a REWIND for unit 5 (console input). Without
the
> REWIND there doesn't seem to be any way to detect and handle null input
> (which is very important in this program to accept numerous default
values).
> Is there some way to do this that I am missing?
>
>
> Finally, a portion of this program is intended to write output to a
standard
> text (ASCII) file that can be viewed or printed. The mainframe version of
> the program includes traditional FORTRAN formatting characters for column
1
> of the output file (e.g. '0', '1', etc.). g77 doesn't seem to translate
> these formatting commands into the appropriate ASCII characters for line
> feed, form feed, etc. in the output file. Is there some way to get g77 to
> automatically perform this translation? If not, what is the standard way
of
> writing form feeds and such for an ASCII output file under G77?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> s/KAM
>
>
