Document:     CNVRT

Purpose:      Describes the data conversion routines.

Category:     SYSTEM

File:         cnvrt.c

Author:       K.G. Begeman

Description:  The following routines for data conversion are available:
              SUBROUTINE CNVRTC      one byte character conversion
              SUBROUTINE CNVRTH      two byte integer conversion
              SUBROUTINE CNVRTF      four byte integer conversion
              SUBROUTINE CNVRTE      single precision f.p. conversion
              SUBROUTINE CNVRTD      double precision f.p. conversion
              Each routine is described in more detail in the
              accompanying document.
              These routines convert foreign data to the format for
              the current machine. The routines are setup so that
              conversions of any type of foreign data from the same
              foreign machine can be specified with the same foreign
              type. Data from VMS machines are specified with
              type = 1, data from ALLIANT, SUN, CONVEX (UNIX machines)
              with type = 2, data from IBM machines with type = 3, data
              from MSDOS PC's and DECstations with type 4 and data from
              CONVEXs with type 5.

Warnings:     Machine dependent! Currently implemented for VMS, SUN,
              CONVEX, ALLIANT, HP 9000 and MSDOS PC's.

Updates:      Jul 14, 1989: KGB, document created.