Solved: Re LIB: Yes. Please read the

Brooks_Van_Horn · ‎07-17-2015

From a command line, I had a couple of scripts which did the following:

To compile:

gFortran -c %1.f95

Then to put each object and MOD into a static library:

ar r MyLib.a %1.o %1,mod

And finally to compile the main program, link it, and create an EXE

gfortran -o Test Test.f90 MyLib.a

I would like to do the same with iFort, xilink, etc. How do I accomplish this ? PS, I hate make so please don't suggest it.

Thanks,

Brooks Van Horn

mecej4 · ‎07-17-2015

Re LIB: Yes. Please read the LIB documentation before first use. In particular, the /out: option is needed to build a library from scratch. Once the library exists you can add .OBJ files to it.

Your configuration seems to have problems. I do not know why you are seeing all those messages from IPO. Until you get things going, I suggest the /Od option, which disables optimizations. You may have a number of options specified in IFORT.CFG.

s:\>cd lang

s:\lang>ifort /c ranf.f90
Intel(R) Visual Fortran Intel(R) 64 Compiler XE for applications running on Intel(R) 64, Version 15.0.4.221 Build 20150407
Copyright (C) 1985-2015 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.


s:\lang>

Did you see the line regarding the missing MSPDB110.dll?

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FortranFan · ‎07-17-2015

Did you mean to post your topic on the Linux forum instead? https://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/intel-fortran-compiler-for-linux-and-mac-os-x

"I hate make " - are you open to the idea of using an integrated development environment (IDE) instead? If yes, have you looked into Code::Blocks with Fortran plug-in (http://darmar.vgtu.lt/index.php) or Photran with Eclipse (http://www.eclipse.org/photran/)?

If you're moving to Windows OS, then consider Visual Studio from Microsoft.

Brooks_Van_Horn · ‎07-17-2015

The info I left and example were from a CMD window. I really like my UltraEd text editor and do not really like the VS editor unless I'm doing a GUI application. Microsoft would be wise to buy Ian's editor. I have been on Windows since version 3.11 but when I worked it was on a Unix system. By the time Microsoft reached Win 2K they took the lead over Unix and Win 7 is fae superior so no my poist was in the right forum. My only problem is with my lack of knowledge with the Intel Fortran Compiler and it's environment. I moved from GNU to Intel because gFortran had too many flaws -- like for instance EXIT in a do loop which correctly took me out of a do loop but also exited me the next time I tried to enter the loop. I've programmed in IBM Assembly, VB, VBS, C, C++ and Fortran over the years and I like Fortran the best.

So, please help me with using Intel tools that come with the Intel Fortran.

Thanks much,

Brooks Van Horn

mecej4 · ‎07-17-2015

The ar utility allows you to put anything into the mylib.a file, even the kitchen sink if you ask. The MS utility, lib.exe, on the other hand, will accept only .OBJ and .LIB files. MS command line syntax is a bit different from Unix shell syntax and the way to specify command line arguments is a bit different. The Intel Fortran documentation shows the Linux and Windows versions of options together, so you can do the translation easily.

For your example, you put commands such as the following into a .BAT file, and then invoke the batch file by just typing its name:

ifort /c %1.f90

lib mylib.lib %1.obj

...

ifort /Fetest test.obj mylib.lib

Note that you do not need to call the linker LINK.EXE directly unless you need to do some intricate things. The driver "ifort" calls LINK on your behalf, supplying the names of the Fortran runtime libraries needed automatically.

Brooks_Van_Horn · ‎07-17-2015

Hi mecej4,

Your approach looked promising but it has 2 problems: (1) lib doesn't create the file MyLib.lib and (2) iFort doesn't know what /c means. [See full transaction below]. The file ranf.f90 is a module with start and end looking like:

Module Random
Implicit None

Private

Integer(4),save:: a1(10) = (/ 36553, 54585, 26689, 23897, 3469, &
                              17497, 42849, 36333, 42433, 55809 /)
Integer(4),save:: a2(10) = (/ 10879, 27609, 17188, 43901, 18415, &
                              14220, 26925, 27616, 7319, 32133 /)
Integer(4),save:: a3(10) = (/ 46769, 65083, 27721, 12890, 50638, &
                              62024, 32833, 27512, 58086, 17276 /)
Integer(4),save:: rvals(3,10,100)
Character(len=200),save:: filename = 'RanF.bin'
Logical(4):: NoPass = .True.

Public:: RanFGet, RanFPut, RanF

Integer(4),save:: nsum(10,100)

Contains

......

    bot = Dble( Ior( Ishft(a2(n),16), a1(n)) ) ! neg 16 ==> shift right pos ==> shift left
    top = scale * Dble(a3(n))
    x = top + bot
    x = (x * normalize) + normalize
    RanF = x
    Return
End Function RanF

End Module Random

>>>>>>>>>>>>> Your attempt follows......

C:\Users\TCS\Desktop\Pearson>iFort /c ranf.f90
Intel(R) Visual Fortran Intel(R) 64 Compiler XE for applications running on Inte
l(R) 64, Version 15.0.4.221 Build 20150407
Copyright (C) 1985-2015 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.

fortcom: Severe: No such file or directory

... file is '/c'
compilation aborted for /c (code 1)