Identify this function?
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From: rfengineer55 on 13 Jun 2010 22:34 Hello, I,m working on fortran program originally compiled for a VAX VMS that ahs an function listed that I wonder if you've ever heard of. My Intel comiler has never heard of it either :-) It's called Program_timer and has five variables; three integers, a Logical and a character string I don't have any information on it, and i'm curious what this function does, exactly. My guess is that it's a library function included in the VAX 11/780 VMS library. What are your thoughts on this function? Thanks, Jeff RF ENGINEER55
From: glen herrmannsfeldt on 14 Jun 2010 01:53 rfengineer55 <rfengineer55(a)aol.com> wrote: (snip) > I don't have any information on it, and i'm curious what this function > does, exactly. My guess is that it's a library function included in > the VAX 11/780 VMS library. Pretty much all the VMS system library functions have a $ in the name, so you won't miss them. Usually three letters, then the $, then the description of the specific routine. Also, many take arguments by value, so there will be a lot of $VAL in such calls. -- glen
From: Louis Krupp on 14 Jun 2010 02:50 On 6/13/2010 11:53 PM, glen herrmannsfeldt wrote: > rfengineer55<rfengineer55(a)aol.com> wrote: > (snip) > >> I don't have any information on it, and i'm curious what this function >> does, exactly. My guess is that it's a library function included in >> the VAX 11/780 VMS library. > > Pretty much all the VMS system library functions have a $ in > the name, so you won't miss them. Usually three letters, > then the $, then the description of the specific routine. > > Also, many take arguments by value, so there will be > a lot of $VAL in such calls. I googled for sys$program_timer and lib$program_timer and didn't come up with anything. If the mystery function is really not in the supplied source files, my suggestion would be to look at what the calling code does with the results, and unless it looks like something really important is happening, comment out the calls, set the output variable(s) to something appropriate and move on. Louis
From: glen herrmannsfeldt on 14 Jun 2010 03:14 Louis Krupp <lkrupp_nospam(a)indra.com.invalid> wrote: (snip) > I googled for sys$program_timer and lib$program_timer and > didn't come up with anything. It seems that there is LIB$INIT_TIMER, LIB$SHOW_TIMER and LIB$STAT_TIMER. -- glen
From: glen herrmannsfeldt on 14 Jun 2010 03:35
rfengineer55 <rfengineer55(a)aol.com> wrote: > I,m working on fortran program originally compiled for a VAX VMS that > ahs an function listed that I wonder if you've ever heard of. My Intel > comiler has never heard of it either :-) > It's called Program_timer and has five variables; three integers, a > Logical and a character string It seems that it is already commented out in the fcc.gov .zip file. That seems to indicate that we shouldn't worry about it. -- glen |