--- imach/src/imach.c	2017/06/30 15:48:31	1.276
+++ imach/src/imach.c	2017/07/17 08:53:49	1.277
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-/* $Id: imach.c,v 1.276 2017/06/30 15:48:31 brouard Exp $
+/* $Id: imach.c,v 1.277 2017/07/17 08:53:49 brouard Exp $
   $State: Exp $
   $Log: imach.c,v $
+  Revision 1.277  2017/07/17 08:53:49  brouard
+  Summary: BOM files can be read now
+
   Revision 1.276  2017/06/30 15:48:31  brouard
   Summary: Graphs improvements
 
@@ -1031,12 +1034,12 @@ typedef struct {
 #define ODIRSEPARATOR '\\'
 #endif
 
-/* $Id: imach.c,v 1.276 2017/06/30 15:48:31 brouard Exp $ */
+/* $Id: imach.c,v 1.277 2017/07/17 08:53:49 brouard Exp $ */
 /* $State: Exp $ */
 #include "version.h"
 char version[]=__IMACH_VERSION__;
 char copyright[]="February 2016,INED-EUROREVES-Institut de longevite-Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research 25293121), Intel Software 2015-2018";
-char fullversion[]="$Revision: 1.276 $ $Date: 2017/06/30 15:48:31 $"; 
+char fullversion[]="$Revision: 1.277 $ $Date: 2017/07/17 08:53:49 $"; 
 char strstart[80];
 char optionfilext[10], optionfilefiname[FILENAMELENGTH];
 int erreur=0, nberr=0, nbwarn=0; /* Error number, number of errors number of warnings  */
@@ -10613,7 +10616,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   int vpopbased=0;
   int nres=0;
   int endishere=0;
-
+  int noffset=0;
   int ncurrv=0; /* Temporary variable */
   
   char ca[32], cb[32];
@@ -10842,11 +10845,32 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
   /* Reads comments: lines beginning with '#' */
   numlinepar=0;
-
-    /* First parameter line */
+  /* Is it a BOM UTF-8 Windows file? */
+  /* First parameter line */
   while(fgets(line, MAXLINE, ficpar)) {
+    noffset=0;
+    if( line[0] == (char)0xEF && line[1] == (char)0xBB) /* EF BB BF */
+    {
+      noffset=noffset+3;
+      printf("# File is an UTF8 Bom.\n"); // 0xBF
+    }
+    else if( line[0] == (char)0xFE && line[1] == (char)0xFF)
+    {
+      noffset=noffset+2;
+      printf("# File is an UTF16BE BOM file\n");
+    }
+    else if( line[0] == 0 && line[1] == 0)
+    {
+      if( line[2] == (char)0xFE && line[3] == (char)0xFF){
+	noffset=noffset+4;
+	printf("# File is an UTF16BE BOM file\n");
+      }
+    } else{
+      ;/*printf(" Not a BOM file\n");*/
+    }
+  
     /* If line starts with a # it is a comment */
-    if (line[0] == '#') {
+    if (line[noffset] == '#') {
       numlinepar++;
       fputs(line,stdout);
       fputs(line,ficparo);