PGI User Forum

[Panch]

In PGI fortran some options are not available, which are available in standard intel fortran

1. For example, one can search whether a directory exists are not
using the command inquire(directory="directory name", exist ="value") in intel fortran
But in PGI fortran one cannot find such a thing.

2. If the directory does not exist, one can create the directory using makedirqq in intel fortran. That option is not available in pgi fortran

3. One can open a file with buffered = Yes or not bufferesize, blocsize in intel fortran. But it is not available in pgi fortran.

Still many more to come.... Will post later...

[mkcolg]

Hi Panch,

Thanks for the request. After talking with our Compiler Architect, we don't see a compelling reason to add #1 and #3. For #1, you should be able to use "file" instead of "directory". For #3 where not sure the purpose other then this is an old VAX extension no longer relevant. If you want a way to control the I/O buffering behavior, take a look at the "setvbuf" 3f routine.

#2, makedirqq, seem reasonable to add to our DFLIB support. I have added TPR#18240 and sent it to the appropriate compiler engineer.

[zbeekman]

Just keep in mind that those are compiler extensions and not (yet) standard Fortran. If you want to write portable code, it's a good idea to avoid compiler extensions or language features that are very new or obsolete.

[jtull]

Panch,

A late word that this was added to the 12.10 and subsequent releases.

thanks,
dave