Fortran How to Change Directory in Fortran for Gnuplot Execution?

[sketos]

I am using the following subroutine:

 subroutine plot_2pCF_2D(A_0,index_0,Point_color,Title)
 implicit none
 integer ret
 real A_0,index_0
 character(len=*) :: Point_color,Title

OPEN(10,ACCESS='SEQUENTIAL',FILE='gp.txt')
write(10,*)'set terminal postscript eps color enhanced size 5,7'
write(10,*)'set output "LCDM_Na_est.eps";'
write(10,*)'set logscale x'
write(10,*)'set logscale y'
write(10,*)'set zeroaxis'
write(10,*)'set yrange [0.001:]'

write(10,*)'set xlabel "{/Symbol q} (degrees)" font "Times-Roman, 20;'
write(10,*)'set ylabel "w({/Symbol q})" font "Times-Roman, 20;'
write(10,*)'set title "'//TRIM(Title)//'" font "Times-Roman, 30;'


write(10,*)'A1=',A_0
write(10,*)'g1=',index_0
write(10,*)'f(x)=10**(log10(A1)+(1-g1)*log10(x))'

write(10,*)'plot  "Na_est_LCDM.txt" with errorbars lc rgb"'//TRIM(Point_color)//'" notitle,f(x) lc rgb"black" notitle'

 CLOSE(10,STATUS='KEEP')	
	
	ret=SYSTEM('gnuplot gp.txt')
	ret=SYSTEM('rm gp.txt')

end subroutine

But if i want to save the gnuplot code in a different file(e.g the file Graphs) i can

OPEN(10,ACCESS='SEQUENTIAL',FILE='Graphs/gp.txt')

but the how can i change directory from fortran to this file complile the gnuplot code, then remove it and go back to my old directory?

This apparently doesn't work:

        ret=SYSTEM('cd Graphs')
        ret=SYSTEM('gnuplot gp.txt')
	ret=SYSTEM('rm gp.txt')
        ret=SYSTEM('cd ..')

 

[AlephZero]

It doesn't work because each call to SYSTEM runs a different process. You could probably combine them by doing something like

ret=SYSTEM('cd Graphs; gnuplot gp.txt; rm gp.txt')

Adding a final "cd .." wouldn't make any difference.

Note, the exact syntax will depend on what OS you are running (Linux, Windows, OSX, etc).

Or you could do

ret=SYSTEM('gnuplot Graphs/gp.txt')
ret=SYSTEM('rm Graphs/gp.txt')

unless the commands in gp.txt only work if you run gnuplot when you are in the Graphs directory.

 

[jedishrfu]

That won't work in any language I've seen save shell scripts

Have you tried something like this for commands?

gnuplot graphs/gp.txt

Then use the fortran file API to remove the file or use system with rm graphs/gp.txt

The problem you're seeing is that directory changes are not remembered between system calls

Another thing you could try is:

Cd graphs; gnuplot gp.txt
Rm graphs/gp.txt

 

[sketos]

These doesn't work. I guess beacuse the txt. file

write(10,*)'plot  "Na_est_LCDM.txt" ...

does not exist in the file Graphs. I did not think of that ...

So is there any way to force the program to create/tranfer my graphs in another file??

 

[AlephZero]

Sorry, I only read the question at the end of your OP, I didn't read all your Fortran code.

Since your program is generating all the gnuplot commands, why not use gnuplot's built in cd command instead of trying to change the directory before you run gnuplot?
http://www.gnuplot.info/docs_4.2/gnuplot.html#x1-7900023

 

[gsal]

hhhmmm...do you need to use Fortran? If you are going to be executing other scripts and changing directory and stuff like that, I would use some kind of shell: bash, tcl, python...I would choose python, of course.