---
name: "get_common"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "forutil"
version: "0.62-4"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/get_common"
---

# get\_common(1)

get the name of a file where a f77 common is defined.

## NAME

get\_common - get the name of a file where a f77 common is defined.

## SYNOPSIS

**get\_common \[-chv\]** **-d***database* **common**

## DESCRIPTION

**get\_common** can be used to quickly see in what f77 include file a certain f77 common is defined.  **get\_common** queries a database generated with [**scan\_commons**(1)](/scan_commons/1.md).

## OPTIONS

- **-c**

  case sensitive search, default is off.

- **-h, --help**

  Shows a short description of every option.

- **-v**

  show database version information. This information consists  of the name of the user that has created this database, the  machine and system name where this database was created on,  the date of the last update of this database, and the  directories stored.

- **--version**

  Shows the version number of  **get\_common**

- **-d***database*

  Name of the database to query. If no database is given, the  value of  **COMMON\_DATABASE** is checked.

- **common**

  The name of the common you wish to locate. If this common is  defined in multiple files, all files where this common is defined will be shown.

## COMPATIBILITY

**get\_common** has run under HP-UX 9 and 10, SGI IRIX 5.2 & 5.3, DEC OSF1,  SunOs 4.1 and 4.3, Cray Unicos, IBM AIX 3.2 & 4.1, Linux and MSDOS 6.2.  **get\_common** also runs in a dos box under Windows 3.1, 3.11 and Win95.

## ENVIRONMENT

- **COMMON\_DATABASE**

  Points to the location of a common database. This environment variable is only used if the  **-d***database* option is not given.

## DISTRIBUTION POLICY

All utilities in this fortran utility suite are distributed under the GNU Public License.

## BUGS

If a bug occurs, it will most likely be generated by the MS-DOS versions of these tools. This will be mainly due to the 640kb  memory limit MS-DOS has.

If you think you have found a bug, you can send email to the author, describing what the bug is, how you generated it and if you can reproduce it. Also specify the platform where this bug occured.

## AUTHOR

Koen D'Hondt

ripley@xs4all.nl

(C)Copyright 1995-1996 by Ripley Software Development

## SEE ALSO

[**scan\_commons**(1)](/scan_commons/1.md), [**list\_commons**(1)](/list_commons/1.md), [**fflow**(1)](/fflow/1.md), [**ffscan**(1)](/ffscan/1.md), [**ftags**(1)](/ftags/1.md)