dimension zlayer(100000)
      character id*56,pgm*8
      index(i,j,ncol)=(j-1)*ncol+i
      write(*,100)
  100 format(' ncol,nrow,dcol,drow,col1,row1 = ? '$)
      read(*,*)ncol,nrow,dcol,drow,col1,row1
      write(*,101)
  101 format(' xbox1,xbox2,ybox1,ybox2,value = ? '$)
      read(*,*)xbox1,xbox2,ybox1,ybox2,value
      do 1 j=1,nrow
         x=(j-1)*drow+row1
         do 1 i=1,ncol
            y=(i-1)*dcol+col1
            ij=index(i,j,ncol)
            if(x.ge.xbox1.and.x.le.xbox2.and.y.ge.ybox1.
     &           and.y.le.ybox2)then
               zlayer(ij)=value
               else
                  zlayer(ij)=0.
                  end if
    1 continue
      id='Layer'
      pgm='Layer'
      nz=1
      dummy=0.
      ip=0
      cm=0.
      bl=0.
      call getfile(10,'output file','out','unformatted')
      write(10)id,pgm,ncol,nrow,nz,col1,dcol,row1,drow,ip,cm,bl
      do 2 j=1,nrow
      i1=index(1,j,ncol)
      i2=index(ncol,j,ncol)
    2 write(10)dummy,(zlayer(i),i=i1,i2)
      stop
      end


c---------------------------------------------------------------------GETFILE
      subroutine getfile(unit,question,inout,form)
c      Opens files...filenames not recognized by Sun will generate
c       an error message and request a second try.
c      Sample call:
c           call getfile(21,' Give input file','in','formatted')
      integer unit
      character filename*50, status*8
      character*(*) question, inout, form
c
  10  write(*,101) question(1:lentrue(question))//': '
 101  format('$',a,' ')
      read '(a50)', filename
      if(inout.eq.'in') then
        status='old'
        else
           status='new'
           endif
      open(unit,file=filename,form=form,status=status,err=900)
      return
 900  print *,' ERROR IN OPENING ',filename
      print *,'    try again......'
      close(unit)
      go to 10
      end
c---------------------------------------------------------------------LENTRUE
      integer function lentrue(string)
c     Gives position of last non-blank, non-tab, non-null
c      character in string.
c      Returns 0 if no such beast in string

      character*(*) string
      character*1 blank, tab, null
      parameter (blank=' ', tab=char('11'O), null=char(0))

      lentrue=0

      do 100 i=len(string),1,-1
      if(string(i:i).ne.blank.and.
     &   string(i:i).ne.tab.and.
     &   string(i:i).ne.null) then
            lentrue=i
            return
      endif
 100  continue

      return
      end