Word Addressable I/O

NAME

waopen - Opens a word addressable file

USAGE

call waopen (iun) (FORTRAN)

c_waopen(iun) (C)

DESCRIPTION

Opens a word addressable file. Before calling waopen, one must call fnom to make the connection between the FORTRAN unit number and the external file.

On byte addressable machines, WA software routines store the information in a "most significant byte first" fashion.

(click here for an FORTRAN example of use and here for a C example of use)

iun

FORTRAN unit number.

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Warning: Do not mix different I/O access to the same file (ex: writda, wawrit).

Buffering configuration can be controlled via the WA_CONFIG environment variable for performance issue.

SEE ALSO

( wawrit, waread, waclos)