pure binary files in fortran on RS6000 (xlf)

[Bradley T. Freese]

fn at fractal.math.yale.edu (Francois Normant) writes:

> I'm trying to write pure binary files in fortran in order to read them in C.

> On CRAY 2, I usually open an unformatted file
>         open(unit=70,status='new',form='unformatted',file='foo.out')
> and call the setpure function to avoid any control characters
>         call setpure(70)

> The question is:

> Is there a function equivalent to setpure in xlf (RS6000 fortran) ?

No, xlf does not have such a function.  However, xlf does not add any
extraneous characters to an unformatted file (other than an EOF
record).  It only writes the data you write to the file.