UMIPS-BSD Fortran I/O unit limit

[Roger Klorese]

In article <13426.1988May27.16:41:31 at mill.me.toronto.edu> kokody2 at me.toronto.edu (Gerry Kokodyniak) writes:
>
>I am using the Mips Microsystems f77 fortran compiler running on a
>MIPS M1000 computer running UMIPS-BSD UNIX. I have run into difficulty
>installing a finite element package due to a compiler quirk that 
>allows one have a maximum of 17 files at any one time. Documentation
>for the fortran is unfortunately quite sparse and incomplete. Is it
>possible to open more files by setting up some unmentioned flag
>or reconfiguring the fortran compiler? Or is there something in the
>UMIPS-BSD that can overide this apparent limit of 17 files. A test
>program confirmed the 17 file limit.
>
>The run-time error message given is:
>
>	open: illegal unit number
>
>The program compiles with no errors using the 2nd level of Optimization.
>
>This same package works fine on our SUN 3/180's which appear to 
>allow us to open 24 files at any one time. To re-write the package 
>would be a slight major inconvenience considering the source code 
>is slighlty over 3 Mbytes in size. Any help/pointers would be 
>appreciated.
>
>Thank you, 
>
>		Gerry Kokodyniak
>
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