FFASSIGN(3C)					       Last changed: 1-6-98

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     ffassign -	Provides library interface to assign processing

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <ffio.h>

     int ffassign(char *cmd);

IMPLEMENTATION    [Toc]    [Back]

     UNICOS, UNICOS/mk,	and IRIX systems

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     This routine is supported on IRIX systems for programs compiled with
     the MIPSpro 7 Fortran 90 compiler or compiled with	the -craylibs
     option to the MIPSpro 7.2 F77 compiler.

     ffassign provides an interface to assign processing from C.

     When using	the CF90 compiler or MIPSpro 7 Fortran 90 compiler on
     UNICOS, UNICOS/mk,	or IRIX	systems, all arguments must be of default
     kind unless documented otherwise.	On UNICOS and UNICOS/mk	systems,
     the default kind is KIND=8	for integer, real, complex, and	logical
     arguments;	on IRIX	systems, the default kind is KIND=4.

     This routine has one argument:

     cmd  A string containing a	complete assign(1) command in the format
	  also acceptable to system(3C).  The -V option	cannot be processed
	  by the ffassign routine.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     Zero is returned on success, and -1 is returned when an error is
     detected.	 errno is set to the error number when an error	condition
     occurs.

EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The following is equivalent to assign -s unblocked	f:file:

	  ret =	ffassign("assign -s unblocked f:file");

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     assign(1)

     INTRO_FFIO(3F)    [Toc]    [Back]

     Application Programmer's Library Reference	Manual,	publication SR2165,
 for the printed version of this man page.