[ale] scripts, file I/O, and loss of hair

[The Don Lachlan]

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 05:57:42PM -0400, Jim Kinney wrote:
> that expects a {binary name} < {input data file}. {input data file} is
> variably named and often 20+MB. Changing {binary name} to work better is
> political (think Fortran 77 base code - someone in charge got their PhD with
> that program).
> so things must work as they are with my little tweaks around the edges.
> until I blow away the decades old mess and start over in C.

That doesn't make any sense.

If the Fortran code expects the data as a stream (that's what the redirect
does), then why are you trying to get the file name in a shell script? What
is your objective with this?

-L