Any question answered...

Ah, fortran - I didn't realize what you were talking about before..

Did you create the input file with direct access?

If you want to post your code on gist.github.com I can take a look.. Though I think I would need your binary file to test, do you have the code that created the file?

The file is created with a bash file, that is clearly where I am wrong. I thought binary access was different again, at least that was the impression I got from the documentation I found. The documentation I've found about direct access has not been the best, it seems a lesser used feature.

That gist.github.com looks like a good idea. I'll try and pick out the bit I'm using.