	SUBROUTINE GETUNIT (lun, status)

*
*
*  This software was developed by the Thermal Modeling and Analysis
*  Project(TMAP) of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
*  Administration's (NOAA) Pacific Marine Environmental Lab(PMEL),
*  hereafter referred to as NOAA/PMEL/TMAP.
*
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*  and distribute this software, and any derivative works thereof, and
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*  the use of this software or in any product that includes this
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*
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*
*
* Find an available unit number.

* NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA - Tropical Modeling and Analysis Program
* written for VAX computer under VMS operating system
*
* V200:  8/28/90 - Extracted from Don Denbo's PPLUS code, 4 May 90, N. Soreide.
*		   modified for FERRET by Steve Hankin
*       *acm* 3/12 cleanup ifdefs and unnecessary include files

        IMPLICIT NONE
	include 'errmsg.parm'

* calling argument declarations:
	INTEGER	lun, status

* internal variable declarations:
	LOGICAL lopen

* initialize
	lun=10

*  if the unit is not opened, then it is available.
200	INQUIRE(UNIT=lun,OPENED=lopen)
	IF (lopen) THEN
	   lun=lun+1
	   IF (lun.gt.60) CALL ERRMSG( ferr_internal, status,
     .		     			'too many IO channels', *5000)
	   GOTO 200
	ENDIF

* success
	status = ferr_OK
	RETURN

* error exit
 5000	RETURN
	END
