DOCUMENT:Q197158 27-FEB-1999 [winnt] TITLE :FORTRAN Carriage Control or FORTRAN Control Code PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows NT PROD/VER:WinNT:4.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= Print jobs from computer systems running the UNIX operating system and its derivatives are commonly text based. These may print with a single unexpected character in the first column. This character is a FORTRAN control code. In a network trace, it will come across as an "r" option, but at the client console interface level, it is also commonly called the -f or -cc option. MORE INFORMATION ================ RFC 1179 for LPR printing dated August 1990 has a section defining suggested behavior for line printer daemon (LPD) servers if they support FORTRAN codes. See the quoted text below. 7.26 r - File to print with FORTRAN carriage control codes +---+------+----+ | r | file | LF | +---+------+----+ Command code - 'r' Operand - File to print This command causes the data file to be printed, interpreting the first column of each line as FORTRAN carriage control. The FORTRAN standard limits this to blank, "1", "0", and "+" carriage controls. Most FORTRAN programmers also expect "-" (triple space) to work as well. Microsoft has not implemented this functionality in its implementation of the LPD server. REFERENCES ========== For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q124735 Windows NT LPD Server Implements LPR Control Characters Q124734 Text of RFC1179 Standard for Windows NT TCP/IP Printing ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNT400xsearch kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400xsearch kbWinNTS400 Version : WinNT:4.0 Issue type : kbinfo ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.