a compile problem

[vastviewec]

Dear Experts:

I'm currently trying to compile a utilities posted by WRF website which is used for reading netCDF files. However, the compilation failed when I following the instruction provided in the file (the source file is attached.):

[bash]ifort read_wrf_nc.f -L/usr/local/netcdf/lib -lnetcdf -lm -I/usr/local/netcdf/include  -Mfree  -o read_wrf[/bash]

Here are the message I got during the compiling:

[bash]ifort: command line warning #10006: ignoring unknown option '-Mfree'
: error #5149: Illegal character in statement label field  

: error #5149: Illegal character in statement label field  

: error #5149: Illegal character in statement label field  

: error #5149: Illegal character in statement label field  

: error #5149: Illegal character in statement label field  

: error #5118: First statement in file must not be continued

read_wrf_nc.f(187): error #5149: Illegal character in statement label field  
  TYPE proj_info
--^
read_wrf_nc.f(187): error #5149: Illegal character in statement label field  
  TYPE proj_info
---^
read_wrf_nc.f(187): error #5149: Illegal character in statement label field  

  TYPE proj_info
----^
read_wrf_nc.f(185): error #5192: Lead underscore not allowed
MODULE map_utils
----------^
read_wrf_nc.f(185): error #5082: Syntax error, found IDENTIFIER '_UTILSPROJ_INFO' when expecting one of:  ;
MODULE map_utils
----------^
read_wrf_nc.f(214): error #5149: Illegal character in statement label field  
  END TYPE proj_info
--^
read_wrf_nc.f(214): error #5149: Illegal character in statement label field  
  END TYPE proj_info
---^
read_wrf_nc.f(214): error #5149: Illegal character in statement label field  
  END TYPE proj_info
----^
read_wrf_nc.f(216): error #5149: Illegal character in statement label field  
 CONTAINS
-^
read_wrf_nc.f(216): error #5149: Illegal character in statement label field  
 CONTAINS
--^
read_wrf_nc.f(216): error #5149: Illegal character in statement label field  
 CONTAINS
---^
read_wrf_nc.f(216): error #5149: Illegal character in statement label field  
 CONTAINS
----^
read_wrf_nc.f(219): error #5149: Illegal character in statement label field  
   SUBROUTINE latlon_to_ij(cdfid, proj, ts_ll, ts_xy )
---^
read_wrf_nc.f(219): error #5149: Illegal character in statement label field  
   SUBROUTINE latlon_to_ij(cdfid, proj, ts_ll, ts_xy )
----^
read_wrf_nc.f(266): error #5149: Illegal character in statement label field  
   END SUBROUTINE latlon_to_ij
---^
read_wrf_nc.f(266): error #5149: Illegal character in statement label field  
   END SUBROUTINE latlon_to_ij
----^
read_wrf_nc.f(269): error #5149: Illegal character in statement label field  
   SUBROUTINE llij_ps(lat,lon,proj,i,j)
---^
read_wrf_nc.f(269): error #5149: Illegal character in statement label field  
   SUBROUTINE llij_ps(lat,lon,proj,i,j)
----^
(1606): catastrophic error: Too many errors, exiting
compilation aborted for read_wrf_nc.f (code 1)
[/bash]

It looks like the problem is associated with the FORTRAN code itself. I have no problem compiling other programmes such as mm5 or wrf. I'm running a Ubuntu 10.04 64bit system. I'm not quite familiar with FORTRAN code and It really confused me. Any suggestion is much appreciated!

Jack

[mecej4]

Do

ifort -help

and choose the compiler switch best matched to what you wanted to do with -Mfree

It is probable that just renaming your file with the extension .f90 and leaving out -Mfree, or, as Tim18 points out below, using -free without renaming the file, is what you need.

[TimP]

ifort doesn't recognize -Mfree unless you leave out the M.

[vastviewec]

The problem has been solved. Thanks!