Re: Problems reading binary files - pointer at 4096 gives EOF

[Martin Schultz <martin.schultz(at)dkrz.de>]

David Fanning wrote:
[...]
> P.S. Just for the record, on Windows machines reading
> binary data, the EOF function can cause weird file pointer
> errors. The work-around is to add the /BINARY keyword to
> the OPENR statement.
> 

... and for the sake of platform independent programming, even Unixers
should
add this keyword (it doesn't hurt). And don't forget to include it if
you are opening F77_UNFORMATTED files.


Martin
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