On Fri, 2011-02-25 at 01:00 -0600, slileo wrote: > Yes, the .exe file works fine on Windows. Only when I run it under > WINE in LINUX I get problems. > > I am running parallel simulations. Each of the simulations need to > access the same input file. That's the reason why I need to acess the > same file several times simultaneously. > If the file is opened as read-only there shouldn't be a problem. If the file is opened as read-write or append (C modes r+, a+) there is no problem opening the file (C test program, Fedora 14) BUT if more than one program writes to it, the file is likely to be trashed because each program has its own output buffering. I've just checked this using C: I don't speak Fortran, so I suggest you check the open modes it uses and make sure the common file is opened in read-only mode. Martin