Re: Interpreter for VMS
23 Oct 1995 09:23:24 GMT
In article <1995Oct22.185108.1@orion.bsuvc.bsu.edu>,
Pounding nails into the floor with my forehead <00ctmalone@bsuvc.bsu.edu> wrote:
>
>Where can I find a Z-code interpreter for VMS?
>
>I know next-to-nothing about programming in C, so porting a source
>code is pretty much out for me...I noticed the file "zip.sh.Z" claimed
>to include a VMS port, but I can't figure out how to unpack it. When
>I uncompress it, I get a text file with a "cut here" message and a
>message that tells me to send "the following text through /bin/sh",
>with a long list of what I can only assume are C include files...
Well, since you're running VMS, you're SOL when it comes to running the
file through /bin/sh.
However, there are other ways.
One is to do it manually. A shar file (SHell ARchive) is very similar to
what you get when you do the "deck" command under VMS: you get an ASCII file
that contains the original C files, separated by commands to save them into
separate files. You could just edit the file in EDT or TPU and extract
the C code manually.
There is also a program called "unshar" that will do this automatically. I'm
sure it is possible to compile it under VMS.
Magnus