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Fortran: Are .mod files platform dependent?

If I compile a C/C++ program and run file my_binary it returns something like my_binary: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64.

But if I run file my_module.mod it returns my_module.mod: GLS_BINARY_MSB_FIRST and I have no idea of what this means.

I know .mod files serve more or less the same functionality as .h header files except they are binary. If I copied a .mod file generated on Linux to macOS, would it work? What about different CPUs?

Solution

  • Likely depends of the Fortran compiler. In general, no you cannot simply copy a *.mod from one architecture to another.