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Re: -frecord-marker
On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 07:23:17PM +0100, Adrian Umpleby wrote:
> I've gone through the code and I think I've got a patch worked
> out (I'm not really a C programmer, so I might not have done a
> particularly good job of it) - about to start compiling and testing,
> so I'll keep you informed...
Great!
> The syntax goes like this (the idea being that RECM has some
> conceptual relationship to RECL):
> OPEN( ..., RECM='4' )
Hmm... for orthogonality with the option name, it might be
better to use RECORD_MARKER=''
> I left it as a character string, ready for other possibilities such
> as 'HP', or 'INTEL', which were mentioned in past correspondence
> on the topic. 'G77' is also allowed as a synonym for '4', and
> 'GFORTRAN' is a synonym for '8' (that's the theory, anyway...) -
The situation is a bit more complicated. The default is whatever
off_t is defined as on that particular system (so it's possible
to seek within the record).
> perhaps there are some other ideas about this...?
> > The note above about the FSF paperwork applies here, as well.
>
> I'll look into this to find out what I need to do (though useful
> pointers appreciated...)
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