Re: Exit code with Fortran 90

Joseph Huber wrote:
Andrea Francia wrote:

If I use the istruction
stop n
where n is a integer I found that the program terminate with n as exit code.
I see that this happen compiling when I use the GNU Fortran compiler (gfortran).
Is this behaviour standard, or it is a special behaviour of gfortran?


The standard only says:

"...the stop code, if any, is available in a processor-dependent manner."

And I know at least one implementation (VMS DEC/HP Fortran) which
just displays the code (or string), and does not pass it to program exit
status.

Not a very desirable implementation. it is quite useful when implemented as an exit code that can be passed to other process/command interpreters.

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