ojones@ccvaxa.UUCP (10/24/87)
I have been working many hours to solve what I initially thought
would be a simple problem. I having been trying to write
information to a tape drive but I have had very little success.
I am not having any problem opening the tape device but when
I attempt to write to the tape device nothing happens. I 've used
the inquire statement to tell me the following information:
1) whether or not the device has truly been opened
2) record length (recl=10240 when opened)
3) form of access (I have access='direct')
4) whether information is being written in a formatted
or unformatted fashion (I have form='formatted')
The inquire indicates that everything is has it should be except
for the record length. In my open statement the record length
is set at 10240 but the inquire statement shows that the record
length is only 0. This program is being compiled and debugged
on a unix operating system(4.3 BSD)
Is is possible to write information to tape in unix using
the fortran language.(I am using fortran 77) If it is possible
could someone tell me how to and could you explain what is
happening to my record length.
I sincerely appreciate all and any help.
O J