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Asked: 2026-06-02T13:08:51+00:00

I need to call a Fortran program within a C++ code. The program is

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I need to call a Fortran program within a C++ code. The program is compiled using an Intel compiler The Fortran program spans several files, and used to be called as a PROGRAM. What I tried to do was change the main PROGRAM call to a SUBROUTINE called SIMULATOR. Then, I compiled each Fortran source code into an object file without putting them all into an executable. I then got ready to link all the Fortran objects up with a simple C++ wrapper for testing. The code and makefile follow.

wrapper.cpp:

#include <iostream.h>

using namespace std;

extern "C"{
void simulator_();
}

int main()
{
    cout << "starting..." << endl;
    simulator_();
    cout << "success!" << endl;
    return 0;
}

Makefile:

all:
    ifort -nologo -O3 -cxxlib -nofor-main -gen-interfaces -traceback -check bounds -save -static -threads -c modules.for
    ifort -nologo -O3 -cxxlib -nofor-main -gen-interfaces -traceback -check bounds -save -static -threads -c Finterp.for
--a few more sources go here--
    ifort -nologo -O3 -cxxlib -nofor-main -gen-interfaces -traceback -check bounds -save -static -threads -c Simsys.for
    icpc -c wrapper.cpp
    icpc -o cppprogram *.o

Here is (part of) the output from the compiler. Simsys is the file that contains the simulator function I’m trying to call:

Simsys.o: In function `simsys_':
Simsys.for:(.text+0xed4): undefined reference to `for_write_int_lis'
Simsys.for:(.text+0xeef): undefined reference to `for_adjustl'
Simsys.for:(.text+0xf38): undefined reference to `for_trim'
Simsys.for:(.text+0xf83): undefined reference to `for_concat'
Simsys.for:(.text+0x1071): undefined reference to `for_open'
Simsys.for:(.text+0x131d): undefined reference to `for_emit_diagnostic'
Simsys.o:Simsys.for:(.text+0x1670): more undefined references to `for_emit_diagnostic' follow

Now according to a person with a similar problem (http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t288905-intel-compiler-8-1-c-calling-fortran-routine.html), it seems like I’m missing some libraries. That person wrote that they included a specific library and it helped them, but I don’t know how to begin to look for what libraries I need. I also don’t know how to find the path of the intel compiler on the HPC system I’m using, so I would appreciate some help looking in the right direction. I didn’t have to do anything special to compile the fortran PROGRAM before I was trying to link it with the C++, so I’m kind of stuck in thinking about where to go from here.

By the way, the Fortran program doesn’t need any inputs, it’s all self-contained.

Thanks in advance for your help and insights!

Edits:

which ifort gave me:
/usr/global/intel/Compiler/11.1/073/bin/intel64/ifort

After trying to do the final link using ifort, I got the following error:

ld: cannot find -lunwind

I found documentation about unwind (https://savannah.nongnu.org/news/?group=libunwind) but I didn’t try to call this library myself and don’t know where this was coming from.

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  1. Editorial Team

    The easy way is to use ifort for the linking, to obtain the Fortran runtime libraries. Some instructions are at http://www.ualberta.ca/AICT/RESEARCH/LinuxClusters/doc/ifc91/main_for/mergedProjects/bldaps_for/pgsclmix.htm

    If you use the ISO_C_Binding on the Fortran side you can take control of the name of the routine and get rid of the underscore. Trivial … the ISO C Binding will become much more useful if you start adding arguments between C/C++ and Fortran.

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