https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Fortran-Compiler/spawning-system-command-from-fortran/m-p/806257#M40351 Hi There,<BR />I'm porting some fortran from openVMS to XP and am using the compaq VF environment, and need to issue a system command. On VMS I'd do something like:<BR /><BR />call lib$spawn('dir/out=arf.arf')<BR /><BR />How can I accomplish this with my XP application?<BR /><BR />thank you,<BR />-Chuck Taylor Thu, 29 May 2003 22:29:18 GMT chuck_taylor 2003-05-29T22:29:18Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Fortran-Compiler/spawning-system-command-from-fortran/m-p/806257#M40351 Hi There,<BR />I'm porting some fortran from openVMS to XP and am using the compaq VF environment, and need to issue a system command. On VMS I'd do something like:<BR /><BR />call lib$spawn('dir/out=arf.arf')<BR /><BR />How can I accomplish this with my XP application?<BR /><BR />thank you,<BR />-Chuck Taylor Thu, 29 May 2003 22:29:18 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Fortran-Compiler/spawning-system-command-from-fortran/m-p/806257#M40351 chuck_taylor 2003-05-29T22:29:18Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Fortran-Compiler/spawning-system-command-from-fortran/m-p/806258#M40352 CALL SYSTEM() allows you to submit a command to the operating system. That command might start a script, which could specify its own shell in order to avoid confusion between shells. This is an extension supported in a similar way by most vendors' Fortrans. Thu, 29 May 2003 23:22:20 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Fortran-Compiler/spawning-system-command-from-fortran/m-p/806258#M40352 TimP 2003-05-29T23:22:20Z