NAME

       fc - frontend script to the f2c fortran compiler

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/bin/fc  [-o  objfile]  [-c]  [-S]  [-C] [-u] [-w] [-w66] [-D switch] [-I includepath]
       [-Ntnnn] [-P] files [-l library]

DESCRIPTION

       fc is a script intended to be used as a front end to the f2c FORTRAN-to-C  translator.  It
       is supposed to make the whole f2c and C compiler setup look like a real Fortran compiler.

       File  arguments  with  a .f suffix are compiled as Fortran source.  Files with a .F suffix
       are passed through the C preprocessor cpp(1)  first.  Files  with  .c  (C  source)  or  .s
       (assembly  source) suffixes are passed to the C compiler directly.  Files with a .e suffix
       are treated as efl source files, and files with a .r suffix are treated as  RATFOR  source
       files.

OPTIONS

       -o objfile
               Produce  an  output  executable  named  objfile rather than using the default name
               a.out.

       -c      Do not call the linker; instead, leave relocatable object files as *.o.

       -S      Produce assembly output as file.s

       -C      Compile in extra code to check that array subscripts are in bounds.

       -l library
               Libraries specified with this option are passed to the linker.

       -U def  Definitions specified with this option are passed to C compiler (for .c files)  or
               to cpp (for .F files) to remove definition.

       -u      Complain about undeclared variables.

       -v, --version
               Print version of f2c in use

       -w      Omit all warning messages.

       -w66    Omit Fortran 66 (Fortran IV) compatibility warning messages.

       -D switch
               The given switch is passed to the C compiler (for .c files), to cpp (for .F files)
               and to f2c.

       -I includepath
               Passed to the C compiler (for .c files), to cpp (for .F files) and to f2c.

       -Ntnnn  Allow nnn entries in table t.

       -P      Emit .P files.

BUGS

       fc isn't really very good -- try fort77 (1), which does a better job.
       This manual page isn't really very good either...

AUTHOR

       S. Feldman, D. Gay, M. Maimone,  N,  Schryer  are  all  mentioned  in  the  paper  on  the
       conversion of Fortran to C.
       Peter  Maydell  (pmaydell@chiark.greenend.org.uk)  wrote  this  manual page, and Alan Bain
       (alanb@chiark.greenend.org.uk) made some minor modifications.

SEE ALSO

       f2c(1), fort77(1), cc(1), cpp(1), ratfor(1)

                                             May 1999                                       FC(1)