* XRISC - *sh* 2/1/91
* RISC/FORTRAN compiler can't handle CHARACTER*(*) variables used in
* character string concatenations ("//")
* this common declares a buffer with a fixed length string in which to copy
* the CHAR*(*) string

	INTEGER     size_rbuff
*	PARAMETER ( size_rbuff = 256 )
	PARAMETER ( size_rbuff = 2048 )  ! Increased ferret 6.01 8/2006

	COMMON/ XRISC_BUFF / len_rbuff, risc_buff
	CHARACTER  risc_buff*(size_rbuff)
	INTEGER    len_rbuff
