1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/files.f90 b/files.f90
index b9f6d5a..9da1ae8 100644
--- a/files.f90
+++ b/files.f90
@@ -48,6 +48,21 @@ contains
         
     end function is_file_end_marker
     
+    subroutine skip_line(unit_number)
+    implicit none
+    
+        integer, intent(in)::unit_number
+        
+        character::c
+        integer::iostatus
+        
+        read(unit_number, '(A1)', advance='no', iostat=iostatus) c
+        do while(c /= CHAR(10) .AND. iostatus == 0)
+            read(unit_number, '(A1)', advance='no', iostat=iostatus) c
+        end do
+        
+    end subroutine skip_line
+    
     subroutine read_line_text(unit_number, res, iostatus)
     implicit none
     
@@ -166,6 +181,10 @@ contains
         
         allocate(first_line)
 
+        ! Skip the first line - it has the status code
+        rewind(unit_number)
+        call skip_line(unit_number)
+
         call read_line_text(unit_number, first_line%text, iostatus)
         first_line%next => null()