From - Mon Oct 16 19:59:27 2000 Path: reader4.news.rcn.net!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!feed2.news.luth.se!luth.se!newsfeed2.news.nl.uu.net!sun4nl!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!teaser.fr!fr.clara.net!small.fr.clara.net!grolier!207.126.101.70.MISMATCH!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "John E. Malmberg" Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Announce: FRONTPORT 1.0 - Yet Another UN*X to VMS Porting Library! Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 17:48:22 -0500 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 39 Xref: reader4.news.rcn.net comp.os.vms:287150 Another library for porting UN*X or LINUX programs to OpenVMS is now available. This is a result of my work in getting SAMBA 2.0.6 to run on OpenVMS. It can be downloaded from: http://eisner.decus.org/~malmberg/frontport/ It will be required for my upcoming release of SAMBA-VMS (2.0.6) that I am working on packaging up. This porting library handles: Unix filenames that would not be legal on VMS ODS-2 even after translation. fcntl() locking. crypt() that will return a VMS password hash. mapping of "/" and "/dev/mumble to VMS logical names. mapping of UN*X UID 0 to a specified VMS UIC. Other routines not present in the DEC C RTL. A start at LINUX readline() emulation. And a standard disclaimer: This is released under the GPL, no support or warrentee offered. Send bug reports and other comments to wb8tyw@qsl.network (make the obvious fix) -John wb8tyw@qsl.network