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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!emory!news.cc.emory.edu!sp2gate.chem.emory.edu!bela From: bela@sp2gate.chem.emory.edu (Bela Gazdy) Newsgroups: alt.unix.wizards,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: A challenge Followup-To: alt.unix.wizards,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.ultrix Date: 21 Dec 1995 15:25:00 GMT Organization: Emory University Lines: 23 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4bbu8c$hoc@moe.cc.emory.edu> References: <4b4q0l$pc3@news.inc.net> <4b5e2r$nma@shocker.mid.net> <4b9kvv$ria@hecate.umd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: euch3e.chem.emory.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950515BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.unix.wizards:2502 comp.unix.admin:36353 comp.unix.advocacy:12501 comp.unix.aix:67080 comp.unix.bsd.misc:398 comp.unix.solaris:55249 comp.unix.ultrix:26577 Ed Schmahl (ed@astro.umd.edu) wrote: : : : Here's a question (possibly useful, possibly stupid) that none of the : Unix wizards I know have been able to answer. Let's see if anyone on : the Net has any suggestions. : : Say we've got a (gasp) Fortran program that outputs data to a file called : R:foobar. The program compiles fine on VMS and DOS operating systems, but not : on Unix systems, which complains about the ":" as a directory tree separator. <cut> program colon open (unit=10,file="R:foobar",status="new") close (10) stop end compiles, runs, and creates an empty R:foobar file in the cwd on AIX 3.2.5. You've got a problem without the "-s though. -- Heus, tu ! | Bela Gazdy bela@sp2gate.chem.emory.edu de Jove quid sentis ? | Emory Univ. Atlanta, GA (404) 727-2383