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SOFTWARE: ftnchek version 2.8.4 for OS/2
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Deutscher)
Fri Apr 5 22:49:52 1996
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 4 Apr 1996 02:21:35 GMT
From: sad@utkux.utcc.utk.edu (Deutscher)
Reply-To: sad@utkux.utcc.utk.edu (Deutscher)
Reply-to: sad@utkux.utcc.utk.edu (Deutscher)
Submitted by: (Deutscher)
Source: (Deutscher)
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I have uploaded the OS/2 2.x recompile of Ftnchek, version 2.8.4. Indeed, I
can't call it a port since Robert Moniot (the author of ftncheck) wrote it in
a portable fashion, so that it just recompiles under Eberhard Mattes' EMX
environment w/o any complaints. See the original 'readme' file.
The OS/2 2.x recompile can be found on the usual sites:
ftp-os2.cdrom.com: (CD-ROM)
now: /os2/incoming/fchek284.zip
move to: /os2/dev32/fchek284.zip
ftp-os2.nmsu.edu (HOBBES)
now: /incoming/fchek284.zip
move to: /os2/dev32/fchek284.zip
A brief intro:
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ftnchek is a free Fortran syntax checker (some say, similar to a commercial
product called FLINT, which I don't know). It allows to catch all kinds of
problems Fortran is (in)famous for: unassigned variables, type casts, too long
lines, wrong number / type of arguments in calls to functions/subroutines etc.
It can catch lots of problems many Fortran compilers seem to fail finding. To
cut it short, it helps do what a normal Pascal compiler would do by itself on
Pascal, for those of us who (still) need to use Fortran. Read the docs to
learn more about its new features compared to 2.70.
The OS/2 port:
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The only modifications I have made to the original distribution before
recompiling with GCC 2.7.2 / emx09b + emxfix03 are:
a) Applied the patches to bring version 2.8.3 up to version 2.8.4. The
original sources are renamed to name.orig.
b) Included a makefile for OS/2, called 'makefile.os2' with targets for the
OS2 binaries.
c) Included two binaries, 'ftnchek.exe' and 'ftnchekS.exe'. 'ftnchek.exe'
needs the 'emx09b' runtime system to work (can be found as emxrt.zip on
many FTP sites, including HOBBES (ftp-os2.nmsu.edu) and cdrom
(ftp-os2.cdrom.com)). 'ftnchekS.exe' can be used w/o having emxrt
installed. I compiled them with gcc 2.7.2 / emx09b + emxfix03.
Read the files 'README', 'readme.os2', 'os2port.txt', and of course the
documentation of 'ftnchek' for more information.
That's it. Have fun. Stefan A. Deutscher , 31-Mar-1996
sad@utk.edu / stefand@elphy.irz.hu-berlin.de
PS: It seems that HOBBES is full and needs hard drives donated, so the upload
to HOBBES failed for now.
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