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FW: Port of gnu tar to VMS
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Pitcher, Steve (OpenVMS Eng (ZKO)) |
Subject: |
FW: Port of gnu tar to VMS |
Date: |
Fri, 4 Apr 2003 10:20:50 -0500 |
Hi. I'm currently working on a port of GNU TAR to the VMS operating system
(OpenVMS). This is intended to run under the GNV package (see
http://gnv.sourceforge.net). GNV provides a BASH shell and utilities under
VMS.
This is different from VMStar, which is mentioned in the PORTS file. VMStar
works under DCL (VMS' *shell*). This port of GNU TAR is intended to run under
the BASH shell, provided by GNV. As such, it should look pretty much just like
tar on any Unix system. Recent releases of VMS include a CRTL and other
enhancements which provide a very Unix-like environment for applications. This
project relies on this Unix-like environment.
Currently I have tar more or less working, and am planning on including it with
our next GNV kit. VMS doesn't support the fork() system call, and I still need
to deal with that... But otherwise, it seems pretty good, and is a worthwhile
addition to our GNV kit.
I do have several source edits. Perhaps surprisingly few. Rather than
maintain my own copy of GNU TAR sources for VMS, I'd like to inquire about
conditionalizing these, and checking them into the GNU TAR source pool.
- stp
- Port of gnu tar to VMS, Pitcher, Steve (OpenVMS Eng (ZKO)), 2003/04/01
- FW: Port of gnu tar to VMS,
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