C $Header: /home/ubuntu/mnt/e9_copy/MITgcm/pkg/mdsio/Attic/mdsio_reclen.F,v 1.1 2001/03/06 15:28:54 adcroft Exp $
C $Name:  $

#include "MDSIO_OPTIONS.h"

      integer function MDS_RECLEN( filePrec, nnn, mythid )
C IN:
C   filePrec	integer - precision of file in bits
C   nnn		integer - number of elements in record
C OUT:
C   MDS_RECLEN  integer - appropriate length of record in bytes or words
C
C Created: 03/29/99 eckert@mit.edu + adcroft@mit.edu

      implicit none
C Arguments
      integer filePrec
      integer nnn
      integer mythid
C Global variables
#include "SIZE.h"
#include "EEPARAMS.h"
#include "PARAMS.h"
C Local
      character*(max_len_mbuf) msgbuf
C     ------------------------------------------------------------------

      if (filePrec .EQ. precFloat32) then
       MDS_RECLEN=nnn*WORDLENGTH
      elseif (filePrec .EQ. precFloat64) then
       MDS_RECLEN=nnn*WORDLENGTH*2
      else
       write(msgbuf,'(a,i2.2)')
     &   ' MDS_RECLEN: filePrec = ',filePrec
       call print_message( msgbuf, standardmessageunit,
     &                     SQUEEZE_RIGHT , mythid)
       write(msgbuf,'(a)')
     &   ' MDS_RECLEN: illegal value for filePrec'
       call print_error( msgbuf, mythid )
       stop 'ABNORMAL END: S/R MDS_RECLEN'
      endif

C     ------------------------------------------------------------------
      return
      end