program demo_system_isfifo use M_system, only : system_isfifo implicit none integer :: i character(len=80),parameter :: names(*)=[ & '/tmp ', & '/tmp/NOTTHERE ', & '/usr/local ', & '. ', & 'fifo.test ', & 'PROBABLY_NOT '] do i=1,size(names) write(*,*)' is ',trim(names(i)),' a fifo(named pipe)? ', & & system_isfifo(names(i)) enddo end program demo_system_isfifo