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diff --git a/doc/gawktexi.in b/doc/gawktexi.in index f385107b..c4dbea5c 100644 --- a/doc/gawktexi.in +++ b/doc/gawktexi.in @@ -817,9 +817,12 @@ particular records in a file and perform operations upon them. * VMS Installation:: Installing @command{gawk} on VMS. * VMS Compilation:: How to compile @command{gawk} under VMS. +* VMS Dynamic Extensions:: Compiling @command{gawk} dynamic + extensions on VMS. * VMS Installation Details:: How to install @command{gawk} under VMS. * VMS Running:: How to run @command{gawk} under VMS. +* VMS GNV:: The VMS GNV Project. * VMS Old Gawk:: An old version comes with some VMS systems. * Bugs:: Reporting Problems and Bugs. @@ -14370,7 +14373,7 @@ on the command line (@pxref{Options}). @section Multidimensional Arrays @menu -* Multiscanning:: Scanning multidimensional arrays. +* Multiscanning:: Scanning multidimensional arrays. @end menu @cindex subscripts in arrays, multidimensional @@ -32713,6 +32716,9 @@ Tandem (non-POSIX) @item Prestandard VAX C compiler for VAX/VMS +@item +GCC for VAX and Alpha has not been tested for a while. + @end itemize @end itemize @@ -33984,8 +33990,11 @@ The older designation ``VMS'' is used throughout to refer to OpenVMS. @menu * VMS Compilation:: How to compile @command{gawk} under VMS. +* VMS Dynamic Extensions:: Compiling @command{gawk} dynamic extensions on + VMS. * VMS Installation Details:: How to install @command{gawk} under VMS. * VMS Running:: How to run @command{gawk} under VMS. +* VMS GNV:: The VMS GNV Project. * VMS Old Gawk:: An old version comes with some VMS systems. @end menu @@ -33993,41 +34002,99 @@ The older designation ``VMS'' is used throughout to refer to OpenVMS. @appendixsubsubsec Compiling @command{gawk} on VMS @cindex compiling @command{gawk} for VMS -To compile @command{gawk} under VMS, there is a @code{DCL} command procedure that -issues all the necessary @code{CC} and @code{LINK} commands. There is -also a @file{Makefile} for use with the @code{MMS} utility. From the source -directory, use either: +To compile @command{gawk} under VMS, there is a @code{DCL} command procedure +that issues all the necessary @code{CC} and @code{LINK} commands. There is +also a @file{Makefile} for use with the @code{MMS} or @code{MMK} utility. +From the source directory, use either: @example -$ @kbd{@@[.VMS]VMSBUILD.COM} +$ @kbd{@@[.vms]vmsbuild.com} @end example @noindent or: @example -$ @kbd{MMS/DESCRIPTION=[.VMS]DESCRIP.MMS GAWK} +$ @kbd{MMS/DESCRIPTION=[.vms]descrip.mms gawk} @end example +@noindent +or: + +@example +$ @kbd{MMK/DESCRIPTION=[.vms]descrip.mms gawk} +@end example + +@code{MMK} is an open source freeware near clone of @code{MMS} and +can better handle @code{ODS-5} volumes with upper- and lower-case filenames. +@code{MMK} is available from @uref{https://github.com/endlesssoftware/mmk}. + +With @code{ODS-5} volumes and extended parsing enabled, the case of the target +parameter may need to be exact. + Older versions of @command{gawk} could be built with VAX C or GNU C on VAX/VMS, as well as with DEC C, but that is no longer supported. DEC C (also briefly known as ``Compaq C'' and now known as ``HP C,'' but referred to here as ``DEC C'') is required. Both -@code{VMSBUILD.COM} and @code{DESCRIP.MMS} contain some obsolete support +@code{vmsbuild.com} and @code{descrip.mms} contain some obsolete support for the older compilers but are set up to use DEC C by default. -@command{gawk} has been tested under Alpha/VMS 7.3-1 using Compaq C V6.4, -and on Alpha/VMS 7.3, Alpha/VMS 7.3-2, and IA64/VMS 8.3.@footnote{The IA64 -architecture is also known as ``Itanium.''} +@command{gawk} has been tested under VAX/VMS 7.3 and Alpha/VMS 7.3-1 +using Compaq C V6.4, and Alpha/VMS 7.3, Alpha/VMS 7.3-2, and IA64/VMS 8.3. +The most recent builds used HP C V7.3 on Alpha VMS 8.3 and both +Alpha and IA64 VMS 8.4 used HP C 7.3.@footnote{The IA64 architecture +is also known as ``Itanium.''} + +Work is currently being done for a procedure to build @command{gawk} and create +a PCSI kit for compatible with the GNV product. + +@node VMS Dynamic Extensions +@appendixsubsubsec Compiling @command{gawk} Dynamic Extensions on VMS + +Dynamic extensions need to be compiled with the same compiler options for +floating point, pointer size, and symbol name handling as @command{gawk}. +Alpha and Itanium should use IEEE floating point. The pointer size is 32 bits, +and the symbol name handling is to be exact case with CRC shortening for +symbols longer than 32 bits. + +For Alpha and Itanium: + +@example +/name=(as_is,short) +/float=ieee/ieee_mode=denorm_results +@end example + +For VAX: + +@example +/name=(as_is,short) +@end example + +Compile time macros need to be defined before the first VMS-supplied +header file is included. + +@example +#if (__CRTL_VER >= 70200000) && !defined (__VAX) +#define _LARGEFILE 1 +#endif + +#ifndef __VAX +#ifdef __CRTL_VER +#if __CRTL_VER >= 80200000 +#define _USE_STD_STAT 1 +#endif +#endif +#endif +@end example @node VMS Installation Details @appendixsubsubsec Installing @command{gawk} on VMS -To install @command{gawk}, all you need is a ``foreign'' command, which is -a @code{DCL} symbol whose value begins with a dollar sign. For example: +To use @command{gawk}, all you need is a ``foreign'' command, which is a +@code{DCL} symbol whose value begins with a dollar sign. For example: @example -$ @kbd{GAWK :== $disk1:[gnubin]GAWK} +$ @kbd{GAWK :== $disk1:[gnubin]gawk} @end example @noindent @@ -34039,10 +34106,15 @@ Alternatively, the symbol may be placed in the system-wide @file{sylogin.com} procedure, which allows all users to run @command{gawk}. +If your @command{gawk} was installed by a PCSI kit into the +@file{GNV$GNU:} directory tree, the program will be known as +@file{GNV$GNU:[bin]gnv$gawk.exe} and the help file will be +@file{GNV$GNU:[vms_help]gawk.hlp}. + Optionally, the help entry can be loaded into a VMS help library: @example -$ @kbd{LIBRARY/HELP SYS$HELP:HELPLIB [.VMS]GAWK.HLP} +$ @kbd{LIBRARY/HELP sys$help:helplib [.vms]gawk.hlp} @end example @noindent @@ -34107,6 +34179,20 @@ of @env{AWKPATH} is a comma-separated list of directory specifications. When defining it, the value should be quoted so that it retains a single translation and not a multitranslation @code{RMS} searchlist. +@node VMS GNV +@appendixsubsubsec The VMS GNV Project + +The VMS GNV package provides a build environment similar to POSIX with ports +of a collection of open source tools. The @command{gawk} found in the GNV +base kit is an older port. Currently the GNV project is being reorganized +to be individual PCSI packages for each component. +See @uref{https://sourceforge.net/p/gnv/wiki/InstallingGNVPackages/}. + +The normal build procedure for @command{gawk} produces a program that +is suitable for use with GNV. At this time work is being done to create +the procedures for building a PCSI kit to replace the older @command{gawk} +port. + @ignore @c The VMS POSIX product, also known as POSIX for OpenVMS, is long defunct @c and building gawk for it has not been tested in many years, but these |