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System Call from Fortran program
Thanks for your reply CaKiwi... I guess there is no ANSI Fortran standard for this command. It really is compiler dependent. But as you point out, it is very similar across different platforms. And you are right, that 'some executable' might be problematic than the system call, but hopefully it... -
System Call from Fortran program
Hi, I am using the 'call system' statement in my fortran code to run some outside executable: cmd = 'some executable' call system(cmd) I was wondering how standard this 'call system' routine is; i.e., would the code be portable to any operating system? Is there any other alternative without...
