gfortran is giving an error on this program, while g77 is happy with it -
[dranta:~/tests/gfortran-D] dir% g77 -o write18 write18.f [dranta:~/tests/gfortran-D] dir% write18 [dranta:~/tests/gfortran-D] dir% gfortran -o write18 write18.f [dranta:~/tests/gfortran-D] dir% write18 At line 9 of file write18.f Fortran runtime error: Invalid argument [dranta:~/tests/gfortran-D] dir% cat write18.f integer data data=-1 open(unit=11,status='scratch',form='unformatted') write(11)data read(11,end= 1000 )data 1000 continue backspace 11 backspace 11 read(11,end= 1001 )data 1001 continue if(data.ne.-1)then write(6,*)data call abort endif close(11) end [dranta:~/tests/gfortran-D] dir% gfortran --v Using built-in specs. Target: powerpc-apple-darwin8.3.0 Configured with: ../gcc/configure --prefix=/Users/dir/gfortran --enable-languages=c,f95 Thread model: posix gcc version 4.2.0 20051229 (experimental) [dranta:~/tests/gfortran-D] dir% -- Summary: gfortran - Fortran runtime error: Invalid argument Product: gcc Version: 4.2.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: libfortran AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: dir at lanl dot gov GCC host triplet: powerpc-apple-darwin8.3.0 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25598