Command-Line File Name Conventions (Fortran User's Guide)

Fortran User's Guide

Command-Line File Name Conventions

The suffix extension attached to file names appearing on the command-line determine how the compiler will process the file. File names with a suffix extension other than one of those listed below, or without an extension, are passed to the linker.

Table 2-1 File Name Suffixes Recognized by Sun Fortran Compilers


Suffix	Language	Action
`.f`	Fortran 77 or Fortran 90 fixed-format	Compile Fortran source files, put object files in current directory; default name of object file is that of the source but with `.o` suffix.
`.f90`	Fortran 90 free-format	Same action as `.f (`f90 only)
`.for`	Fortran 77	Same action as `.f`.
`.F`	Fortran 77 or Fortran 90 fixed-format	Apply the Fortran (or C) preprocessor to the Fortran 77 source file before compilation.
.`F90`	Fortran 90 free-format	Apply the Fortran (or C) preprocessor to the Fortran 90 free-format source file before Fortran compiles it.
`.s`	Assembler	Assemble source files with the assembler.
`.S`	Assembler	Apply the C preprocessor to the assembler source file before assembling it.
`.il`	Inline expansion	Process template files for inline expansion. The compiler will use templates to expand inline calls to selected routines. (Template files are special assembler files; see the inline(1) man page.)
`.o`	Object files	Pass object files through to the linker.
.`a`,`.so`, `.so.n`	Libraries	Pass names of libraries to the linker. `.a` files are static libraries, `.so` and `.so.n` files are dynamic libraries.

Fortran 90 free-format is described in Appendix C of this manual.