STREIFF@HARTFORD.BITNET.UUCP (03/03/87)
Hi, I want to read from a data file with a fortran program. The problem is t hat the file has only one line and the length of the line varies every time we run t he program (it could be over 1MB long). Were writting a program to write/read IBM tapes. Does anyone know how to read one char at a time and ignore what the char is? thanks. S. David Streiff Asst. Programmer Univ of Hartford West Hartford CT BitNet: STREIFF@HARTFORD.BITNET Disclaimer: Im a student so dont take anything that i say seriously.
KFL@AI.AI.MIT.EDU.UUCP (03/04/87)
No doubt someone will explain how this can be done in a few dozen lines of assembler using SYS$QIOW. But if you dislike assembler and SYS$QIOW as much as I do, there is an easier way. Use the DUMP command on the tape. The output of the DUMP command will be a reasonable text file with lines no longer than 132 characters. It is then easy to write a program in the language of your choice to read the DUMP file. ...Keith