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diff --git a/tandem/README b/tandem/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f877aeb --- /dev/null +++ b/tandem/README @@ -0,0 +1,95 @@ +Tandem Port of Info ZIP (zip) +======================= + +History: +1. Tidy up COMMACS/MACROS/MAKE +2. Changes for version 5.32d affected files: +- TANDEMC (changes to stat() for UNZIP) +- ZIPUPC (changes to use REVISIOH rather than REVISEH) +- ZIPFILEC (don't add ".zip" to ZIP name) +- FILEIOC (cosmetic missing "*/") +3. Fix to allow zipping of files called ZIP (e.g. DAVES.ZIP) +03/08/98 2.3e Process Tandem DEFINE names - use define name as internal name + Remove BITSO from build of ZIPLIB + New DOIT macro for extracting files from archive +17/08/98 2.3e Set USE_EF_UT_TIME to allow for timezone changes +18/08/98 2.3e Use define LICENSED to build object able to update timestamps +30/11/98 2.3h Updated mapname/chmod/in2ex, include licensing in MAKE +21/12/98 2.3i Add simple Enscribe file handling, consisting of: + - storing Enscribe files as LF delimited text files + - adding Tandem Extra Field, holding Enscribe file attributes + Create ZIP file with Tandem File Code 1001 + Rationalised TANDEMH and TANDEMC wth UNZIP 5.40d +12/01/99 2.3i Correct bug stopping setting of last open timestamp +25/01/99 2.3k Add '-B' flag to zip Enscribe files with no record delimiters +26/01/99 2.3k Make CRLF the default delimiter for Structured and Text files +01/02/99 2.3k Use maximum size large transfer read (57344) as default, allow + smaller value as option +01/02/99 2.3k Redefine -B flag for Edit/Enscribe files as in table below. + Default (-B or -B0 or no flag) is add CR/LF + + -B<number> options at present are: + Bit 0 - Don't add delimiter (Edit/Enscribe) + Bit 1 - Use LF rather than CR/LF as delimiter (Edit/Enscribe) + Bit 2 - Space fill record to max record length (Enscribe) + Bit 3 - Trim trailing space (Edit/Enscribe) + + Bit 8 - Force 30K (Expand) large read for Unstructured files + +06/02/99 2.3k Attempt to catch Large Transfer mode failure (err 21) when + attempting 56K reads, add substitute 30K reads (Expand files) +24/03/99 2.3m Split TANDEMC into TANDEMC/TANZIPC/TANUNZC +24/03/99 2.3m Added TANNSKH to allow for declarations which require + structures defined in ZIPH after call to TANDEMH +11/05/99 2.3m Change zopen in TANZIPC to allow opening of files with + missing alt keys (err 4) + Assume not DST if can't resolve time (no DST table available) +27/09/99 2.3o Fixed bug in -B0 option causing files to be stored rather than + deflated. Created TANZIPH +29/04/02 2.4g Fixed contention on temporary file when multiple ZIPs run + +A few notes about the files on this subvol + +COMMACS - used by MAKE (compiler) +DOIT - macro to extract required Tandem files from archive and rename +MACROS - used by MAKE (bind) +MAKE - recompile ZIP code, attempts to only recompile changed code +README - this file +ZIPLIB - library of ZIP compiled routines, used by ZIP/ZIPNOTE etc +ZIPL - ZIP object (bound using LARGE memory model) +ZIPNOTE - ZIPNOTE object (bound using LARGE memory model) + +*C - Source file +*H - Header files +*O - Individual object files (when compiled by MAKE) + +Install Notes: +============== +Stage 1 - get ZIP object onto Tandem +- download Tandem Zip executables archive from Web +- using PC unzip program (e.g. pkunzip/WinZip) extract ZIP +- copy ZIP from PC to Tandem in Binary mode s(FTP/IXF) +- alter file code to 100 +- optionally place in $SYSTEM.SYSTEM to allow easy access from command line + +Stage 2 - (optional) compile source code (requires UNZIP on Tandem) +- download ZIP source archive fwom web - contains all supported platforms +- copy archive onto Tandem as Binary +- extract Tandem DOIT macro ( UNZIP -j <archive> tandem/DOIT ) +- update DOIT macro to point at archive file +- restore relevant files by running DOIT +- NOTE that revision.h must be restored as REVISIOH +- replace references to $T with a collector on your system +- replace references to SUPER.DAVES with whatever user id you use +- to compile run MAKE (compiles, accelerates, licences) +- NOTE: Always run the accelerated object on TNS/R systems, otherwise + it runs extremely slow. + + +Additional Notes - LICENSE the object: +====================================== +If you wish to be able to update the last modified time of the zip file +(-o option) you need to add the line "#define LICENSED" to the TANDEMH file. +If you set this option then you MUST FUP LICENSE the file as SUPER.SUPER. +This is a Tandem restriction since we have to call a PRIV procedure to update +the file label. For ZIP the define is setup (default) in tandem.h |