[net.unix-wizards] Need quick help with F77

agz@houxz.UUCP (06/30/83)

Help! This F77 program is written just as the F77 manual specifies for
writing and reading in List-directed format:

	a=1
	write(3,*)a
	close(3)
	read(3,*)b
	print*,b
	stop
	end

Running a.out yields:

list in: end of file -1
apparent state: unit 3 named fort.3
last format: list io
lately reading direct formatted external IO

What am I doing wrong? Counseling can't help.

	Abdel Zebib BTL HOx0131  ../houxz!agz

rcj@burl.UUCP (07/01/83)

I am not an f77 guru by any means, but it seems to me that
anyone who closes a file and immediately (I mean IMMEDIATELY, the
next statement) tries to do a read on that same file without
reopening it is bound to run into difficulty.  Sort of like corking
a wine bottle and immediately trying to pour from it; then wondering
why nothing comes out.

Unless there is some auto-open feature on f77 that I don't know about,
it would appear that even BTL employees put their pants on one leg
at a time.

:-)

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