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1.1     ! root        1: .TH PERROR 3F "13 June 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: perror, gerror, ierrno \- get system error messages
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B subroutine perror (string)
        !             7: .br
        !             8: .B character*(*) string
        !             9: .sp 1
        !            10: .B subroutine gerror (string)
        !            11: .br
        !            12: .B character*(*) string
        !            13: .sp 1
        !            14: .B character*(*) function gerror()
        !            15: .sp 1
        !            16: .B function ierrno()
        !            17: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            18: .I Perror
        !            19: will write a message to fortran logical unit 0
        !            20: appropriate to the last detected system error.
        !            21: .I String
        !            22: will be written preceding the standard error message.
        !            23: .PP
        !            24: .I Gerror
        !            25: returns the system error message in character variable
        !            26: .I string.
        !            27: .I Gerror
        !            28: may be called either as a subroutine or as a function.
        !            29: .PP
        !            30: .I Ierrno
        !            31: will return the error number of the last detected system error.
        !            32: This number is updated only when an error actually occurs.
        !            33: Most routines and I/O statements that might generate such errors
        !            34: return an error code after the call;
        !            35: that value is a more reliable indicator of what caused the error condition.
        !            36: .SH FILES
        !            37: .ie \nM /usr/ucb/lib/libU77.a
        !            38: .el /usr/lib/libU77.a
        !            39: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            40: intro(2), perror(3)
        !            41: .br
        !            42: D. L. Wasley, \fIIntroduction to the f77 I/O Library\fR
        !            43: .SH BUGS
        !            44: .I String
        !            45: in the call to
        !            46: .I perror
        !            47: can be no longer than 127 characters.
        !            48: .PP
        !            49: The length of the string returned by
        !            50: .I gerror
        !            51: is determined by the calling program.
        !            52: .SH NOTES
        !            53: UNIX system error codes are described in
        !            54: .IR intro (2).
        !            55: The f77 I/O error codes and their meanings are:
        !            56: .sp 1
        !            57: .in +5
        !            58: 100    ``error in format''
        !            59: .br
        !            60: 101    ``illegal unit number''
        !            61: .br
        !            62: 102    ``formatted io not allowed''
        !            63: .br
        !            64: 103    ``unformatted io not allowed''
        !            65: .br
        !            66: 104    ``direct io not allowed''
        !            67: .br
        !            68: 105    ``sequential io not allowed''
        !            69: .br
        !            70: 106    ``can't backspace file''
        !            71: .br
        !            72: 107    ``off beginning of record''
        !            73: .br
        !            74: 108    ``can't stat file''
        !            75: .br
        !            76: 109    ``no * after repeat count''
        !            77: .br
        !            78: 110    ``off end of record''
        !            79: .br
        !            80: 111    ``truncation failed''
        !            81: .br
        !            82: 112    ``incomprehensible list input''
        !            83: .br
        !            84: 113    ``out of free space''
        !            85: .br
        !            86: 114    ``unit not connected''
        !            87: .br
        !            88: 115    ``read unexpected character''
        !            89: .br
        !            90: 116    ``blank logical input field''
        !            91: .br
        !            92: 117    ``'new' file exists''
        !            93: .br
        !            94: 118    ``can't find 'old' file''
        !            95: .br
        !            96: 119    ``unknown system error''
        !            97: .br
        !            98: 120    ``requires seek ability''
        !            99: .br
        !           100: 121    ``illegal argument''
        !           101: .br
        !           102: 122    ``negative repeat count''
        !           103: .br
        !           104: 123    ``illegal operation for unit''

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