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NAME

       fc - frontend script to the f2c fortran compiler

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/bin/fc  [-o  objfile]  [-c] [-S] [-C] [-u] [-w] [-w66] [-D switch]
       [-I includepath] [-Ntnnn] [-P] files [-l library]

DESCRIPTION

       fc is a script intended to be used as a front end to the  f2c  FORTRAN-
       to-C  translator.  It  is supposed to make the whole f2c and C compiler
       setup look like a real Fortran compiler.

       File arguments with a .f suffix are compiled as Fortran source.   Files
       with  a  .F  suffix are passed through the C preprocessor cpp(1) first.
       Files with .c (C source) or .s (assembly source) suffixes are passed to
       the  C  compiler  directly.   Files with a .e suffix are treated as efl
       source files, and files with a .r suffix are treated as  RATFOR  source
       files.

OPTIONS

       -o objfile
               Produce  an  output  executable named objfile rather than using
               the default name a.out.

       -c      Do not call the linker; instead, leave relocatable object files
               as *.o.

       -S      Produce assembly output as file.s

       -C      Compile  in  extra  code  to check that array subscripts are in
               bounds.

       -l library
               Libraries specified with this option are passed to the  linker.

       -U def  Definitions specified with this option are passed to C compiler
               (for .c files) or to cpp (for .F files) to remove definition.

       -u      Complain about undeclared variables.

       -v, --version
               Print version of f2c in use

       -w      Omit all warning messages.

       -w66    Omit Fortran 66 (Fortran IV) compatibility warning messages.

       -D switch
               The given switch is passed to the C compiler (for .c files), to
               cpp (for .F files) and to f2c.

       -I includepath
               Passed  to the C compiler (for .c files), to cpp (for .F files)
               and to f2c.

       -Ntnnn  Allow nnn entries in table t.

       -P      Emit .P files.

BUGS

       fc isn’t really very good -- try fort77 (1), which does a better job.
       This manual page isn’t really very good either...

AUTHOR

       S. Feldman, D. Gay, M. Maimone, N, Schryer are  all  mentioned  in  the
       paper on the conversion of Fortran to C.
       Peter Maydell (pmaydell@chiark.greenend.org.uk) wrote this manual page,
       and  Alan   Bain   (alanb@chiark.greenend.org.uk)   made   some   minor
       modifications.

SEE ALSO

       f2c(1), fort77(1), cc(1), cpp(1), ratfor(1)

                                   May 1999