invalid character name at (1)

Question

I am trying to compile a fortran code. It will analyze an X file in an Y directory and then create a new file Z with the results. But there is something wrong occurring.

Answer 1

Adding to High Performance Mark's answer:

If you continue with FORTRAN 77, most compilers have an option to increase the allowed line length, e.g., -ffixed-form -ffixed-line-length-none for gfortran. As already stated, Fortran >=90 has line length of 132, so you wouldn't need to split the line.

Finally, if you want to split the line in Fortran >=90, you need two ampersands. In most cases you need one, but to split a string you need two:

namech='/home/matheus/Documents/UFABC/IC/Spectra/Elliptical/&
&espec.fits'