VMSCD
                          Reading OpenVMS CD-ROMs
                                  on Linux

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                                                    Modified: March 11 2000

The vmscd utility reads the contents of any OpenVMS CD-ROM or more
generally any ODS-2 disk volume. Using vmscd, the user can navigate on the
CD-ROM, list the content of directories, extract files, view the content of
OpenVMS text files or convert them into UNIX text format.

Typical Usage

You have a PC running Linux on your desk. You have OpenVMS CD-ROM's in your
drawers (Digital/Compaq distribution kits or on-line documentation for
instance). Your OpenVMS systems and their CD-ROM drives are in a remote
location or simply next floor but you are too lazy to get there. There is
some kind of network between your Linux PC and the OpenVMS systems.

Then, vmscd is for you !

Getting VMSCD

 Source files                vmscd-1.0.tar.gz
 Source RPM                  vmscd-1.0-1.src.rpm
 Binary RPM (Linux RedHat
 6.1)                        vmscd-1.0-1.i386.rpm
 Man Page (PostScript)       vmscd.ps
 Man Page (PDF)              vmscd.pdf
 Man Page (online)           vmscd.html

Author: Thierry Lelégard (lelegard@club-internet.fr)

Building and/or Installing VMSCD

If you got the binary rpm for vmscd, simply install it using:

     rpm -U vmscd-1.0-1.i386.rpm

If you got the source files, use these instructions:

     tar xvfz vmscd-1.0.tar.gz
     cd vmscd-1.0
     make
     make install

If you want to rebuild vmscd from the sources, be aware that the current
version of vmscd can work on little-endian systems (Intel, Alpha) only.
Moreover, vmscd has currenlty been tested only on Intel systems running
RedHat Linux 6.1. In case of problem and for bug report, send an e-mail to
the author.

Copyright

Copyright is held by the author. The vmscd utility is covered by the "GNU
GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE" (GPL) and may be used and duplicated under the
terms of the GPL.



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