I have uploaded the OS/2 2.x recompile of Ftnchek, version 2.8.4.
Indeed, I can't call it a port since Robert Moniot (the author of
ftncheck) wrote it in a portable fashion, so that it just recompiles under
Eberhard Mattes' emx environment w/o any complaints. See the original
'readme' file.


The OS/2 2.x recompile can be found on the usual sites:

ftp-os2.cdrom.com: (CD-ROM)

now:        /os2/incoming/fchek284.zip
move to:    /os2/dev32/fchek284.zip

ftp-os2.nmsu.edu  (HOBBES)

now:        /incoming/fchek284.zip
move to:    /os2/dev32/fchek284.zip


A brief intro:
==============

ftnchek is a free Fortran syntax checker (some say, similar to
a commercial product called FLINT, which I don't know). It allows
to catch all kinds of problems Fortran is (in)famouse for: unassigned
variables, type casts, too long lines, wrong number / type of arguments
in calles to functions/subroutines etc. It can catch lots of problems
many Fortran compilers seem to fail finding.
To cut it short, it helps do what a normal Pascal compiler would do 
by itself on Pascal, for those of us who (still) need to use Fortran.
Read the docs to learn more.


The OS/2 port:
==============

The only modifications I have made to the original distribution before
recompiling with gcc 2.7.2 / emx09b + emxfix03 are:

a) Applied the patches to bring version 2.8.3 up to version 2.8.4. The 
   original sources are renamed to name.orig.

b) Included a makefile for os/2, called 'makefile.os2' with targets for
   the OS2 binaries.

c) Included two binaries, 'ftnchek.exe' and 'ftnchekS.exe'. 
   'ftnchek.exe' needs the 'emx09b' runtime system to work  (can be found
   as emxrt.zip on many ftp sites, including hobbes (ftp-os2.nmsu.edu)
   and cdrom (ftp-os2.cdrom.com)). 'ftnchekS.exe' can be used w/o having 
   emxrt installed.  I compiled them with gcc 2.7.2 / emx09b + emxfix03. 

Read the files 'README', 'readme.os2', 'os2port.txt', and of course
the documention of 'ftnchek' for more information.

That's it. Have fun.            Stefan A. Deutscher ,  31-Mar-1996

                          sad@utk.edu / stefand@elphy.irz.hu-berlin.de