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Find a Free I/O Unit

Author: Clive Page (University of Leicester, cgp@star.le.ac.uk)

This subroutine returns a number of a free I/O unit, i.e. one that is not currently allocated to and file. The calling sequence is:

    SUBROUTINE getFreeIoUnit(nunit)

    INTEGER, INTENT(out) :: nunit   ! unit number free for use



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