Re: fortran code for 'cp' / subroutine file_copy

Unformatted files have a particular structure in Fortran. Arbitrary
text files are
unlikely to conform to that structure, which is compiler-dependent as
well.

Your best bet is to open the files as direct-access with a small record
length.

Regards,

Arjen

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