[comp.os.vms] VAX-C and fortran carriage control

cherry@husc4.HARVARD.EDU (michael cherry) (12/18/87)

When reading a file from VAX C that was created by a fortran program with
fortran carriage control as the file's attributes I can't read the very
first character on every line of the file. I've tried:

fopen(fn, "r", "rat=ftn");    with or without "rfm=var" and/or "mrs=0"

However if I open the file with "rat=ftn" and "rfm=var" for writing in 
VAX C I can subsequently read the first character on each line. Checking
the files with "analyse/rms" I find that both files (created by FORTRAN or
created by VAX C) have the same file organization, record format, and 
record attributes. So whats the difference? 

With files created in either manner I get a control-M showing up at the
end of each line, but I can live with that.

Does anyone know if I can read the first character from a fortran carriage
control file created by a FORTRAN program.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Mike Cherry
cherry%frodo.decnet@mghccc.harvard.edu
cherry@husc4.harvard.edu
cherry@harvunx.bitnet
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