UNICODE characters and getcwd()

[Chris_G_2]

Does the non-standard Fortran function getcwd() support UNICODE characters?

[Steve_Lionel]

Unlikely.

[andrew_4619]

For the fortran IFPORT getcwd would be a no. But you can use windows sdk routines, e.g. _wgetcwd, see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/sf98bd4y.aspx

But if you just want the unicode working directory then that is OK if you want to do unicode file handling you will have a lot more work to do as fortran file handling has no unicode support, you will need windows sdk routines

[Chris_G_2]

Thanks for your help Andrew and Steve. I presume that UNICODE support is a long way off in Intel Fortran?

[andrew_4619]

IMO, UNICODE support is way off the radar. What is it that you want to do? If you give some detail you may get some helpful suggestions.

[Chris_G_2]

I need to:

1. Open files with UNICODE names.

2. Handle character strings derived from these file names in Fortran.

Thanks

[Steve_Lionel]

1) The only way I know to do this is with a USEROPEN routine, and this is not for the faint of heart

2) Intel Fortran provides a library of routines for dealing with multibyte character strings. Look in the Language Reference > A to Z section for the routines whose names begin with MB. These are all defined in module IFNLS.

[Chris_G_2]

Thanks Steve. I had no idea these routines existed.

I will investigate.