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- The following are available from the DECUS Program Library
- (DECUS Program Library, 333 South St., SHR1-4/D30
- Shrewsbury, Mass. 01545-4195, 1-508 841 4195)
-
- DECUS Library Status Report
-
-
-
- September 2, 1992
-
-
-
- PROGRAMS BEING ANNOUNCED
-
- Following are the new (N) or revised (R) programs since the distribution
- of the 1991/1992 catalog and subsequent status reports.
-
-
- DECUS No. Title Version Date
-
- V00537 LOOPSCAN 1.3, May 1992
- V00543 SHRINKER 1.0 July 1992
- V00544 MAKERDO 1.0 July 1992
- V00545 DOS-EXCHANGE 2.0-D, Feb. 1992
- VS0142 Symposium Collection from the
- VMS/Languages and Tools SIG, Part
- 1 of 2, Spring 1992, Atlanta May 1992
- VS0143 Symposium Collection from the
- VMS/Languages and Tools SIG, Part
- 2 of 2, Spring 1992, Atlanta May 1992
-
-
-
-
- GENERAL INFORMATION
-
- The following status reports are to be considered addendums to the
- 1991/1992 catalog: 29 April 1991, 24 May 1991, 20 June 1991, 28 June
- 1991, 22 July 1991, 16 August 1991, 24 October 1991, 12 November 1991,
- 02 December 1991, 10 January 1992, 31 January 1992, 12 February 1992,
- 17 March 1992, 13 April 1992, 12 May 1992, 2 July 1992, 4 August 1992.
- 2 September 1992.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- Revision
-
- V00537 LOOPSCAN Version: 1.3, May 1992
-
- Submitted by: Mikaiiro Laitinen, Dativo Oy, P.O. Box 112 Vantaa,
- Finland 01600
- Operating System: VAX/VMS V5.4-2 Source Language: C, MACRO-32
- Keywords: Security, System Management - VMS, Utilities - VMS
-
- Abstract: LOOPSCAN looks for a standalone VAX/VMS system or a
- VAXcluster to find processes that might be in a loop.
- If such a process is found, an OPCOM message is produced to
- a user specified operator terminal. User may also select
- one or more optional actions to be taken. These include
- lowering the base priority of a looping process to a user
- specified level, starting a 'daemon' to record the behavior
- of looping process and suspending the looping process. Note
- that a process may not be suspended unless its base priority
- has been lowered earlier. A process is considered to be
- looping, if it is frequently in COM or CUR state,does no IO
- operations or CPU usage exceeds a user defined limit.
-
- All process modes (interactive, batch and network) are
- handled equally, but the user may set a priority level above
- which processes are not affected. LOOPSCAN displays startup,
- termination and error messages along with looping process
- detected messages to SYS$OUTPUT. Optional logging items may
- be specified to monitor more closely the behaviour of LOOPSCAN.
- LOOPSCAN has a DCL interface through which all parameters
- are passed. The qualifiers and their usage are explained in
- a help file that is included in distribution kit.
-
- Notes: Executable and/or object code is included. If the
- installation is to be done from source files, C and MACRO-32 compilers
- have to be available.
-
- Changes and Improvements: Bugs in installation procedure fixed.
- LOOP_PROFILE bugs corrected. /STOP qualifier enhanced to accept a list
- of nodes.
-
- Restrictions: VMSINSTAL privileges are required. Operating VAX/VMS
- V5.2 or later is required. SYS$PROCESS_SCAN system service is
- required.
-
- Media (Service Charge Code): User's Manual (EA), 600' Magnetic Tape
- (MA) Format: VMS/BACKUP
-
-
-
-
- New
-
- V00543 SHRINKER Version: 1.0 JULY 1992
-
- Submitted by: Mike King, Grand Rapids Public Schools
- Operating System: VMS V5.3, VMS V5.5 Source Language: MACRO-32, VAX
- BASIC Memory Required: 73K Keywords: System Management - VMS,
- Utilities - VMS
-
- Abstract: SHRINKER is an idle process monitor. It runs as a detached
- process and monitors interactive processes. It then either
- shrinks their working set list or logs them out after a
- certain inactivity time thus freeing up memory for active
- users. The choice as to whether to shrink or terminate the
- idle process is chosen by the user and dynamically
- changeable. The option as to whether to log the activity
- of SHRINKER or not is available and also dynamically
- changeable. SHRINKER is started, stopped, and has its
- options dynamically modified by means of a DCL command
- installed by the user.
-
- Any adjustments to SHRINKER's options or defaults do not
- require changes to be made to the program code. However,
- the SHRINKER programs can be modified by a competent
- systems programmer to implement any other options that
- they desire.
-
- SHRINKER has been designed to spend the least CPU time
- possible to an elevated interrupt priority level.
-
- Notes: Executable and/or object code is included.
-
- Media (Service Charge Code): 600' Magnetic Tape (MA) Format:
- VMS/BACKUP
-
-
-
-
- New
-
- V00544 MAKERDO Version: 1.0 July 1992
-
- Author: Mark Davis, Julie Hug, Arie Koelewyn, Tom Meler, Allison
- Peters, Bennie Williams
-
- Submitted by: Thomas Meier
- Operating System: VAX/VMS V5.4 Source Language: DCL Software
- Required: RDB (V4.0A) Keywords: Utilities - VMS
-
- Abstract: MAKERDO is a set of command files which contain DCL and RDO
- commands. The utility allows you to create an RDO file
- which is essentially a "snapshot" of a database's structure.
- Information is extracted, where possible, from the database
- system relations. The RDO file contains statements which,
- if executed, will create an empty database which is
- identical in structure to the one specified. The RDO file
- can also be used as a means of comparing two or more
- databases.
-
- MAKERDO is a menu driven package. It allows you to create
- one or all of the following types of RDO DEFINE statements
- for a given database:
-
- .DEFINE DATABASE
- .DEFINE FIELD
- .DEFINE INDEX
- .DEFINE RELATION
- .DEFINE VIEW
- .DEFINE STORAGE MAP
-
- Notes: Software consists of DCL and RDO statements only.
-
- Media (Service Charge Code): 600' Magnetic Tape (MA) Format: VAX/ANSI
-
-
-
-
- New
-
- V00545 DOS-EXCHANGE Version: 2.0-D, February 1992
-
- Submitted by: Stephan Dr. Hales, ERCII, LA Norville, FRANCE
- Operating System: VMS V5.2 - V5.5 Source Language: VAX FORTRAN
- Hardware Required: 3 1/2" Floppy (RX23) or 5 1/4" Floppy. Keywords:
- Data Communications, Utilities - Disk - VMS
-
- Abstract: The Dos-Exchange Utility (DOSEXCHANGE) is a utility program
- that is used with storage volumes that are formatted for
- MS-DOS operating system. DOSEXCHANGE can transfer files
- between these MS-DOS volumes and VAX/VMS native volumes,
- it can also perform volume-specific initialization and
- manipulation functions on the MS-DOS volumes. It converts
- the format of the files, as appropriate, when transferring
- files between volumes with different structures.
-
- In addition to transferring files, DOSEXCHANGE allows you to:
- . Initialize MS-DOS volumes
- . List directories of volumes
- . Delete files from block-addressable volumes
- . Rename files on block-addressable volumes
- . Mount and dismount foreign volumes
-
- DOSEXCHANGE recognizes all Files-11 volumes on VAX/VMS
- devices and recognizes MS-DOS Version from 2 to 5 on any
- VAX/VMS block-addressable device.
-
- Typical applications are:
- . Exchanges of letters, messages, texts inside or outside
- companies.
- . Exchanges of texts between text processing software on VMS
- and on MS-DOS.
- . Communications with administrations, banks.
- . Communications with NC tools machines.
- . Your application...
-
- Dos-Exchange use the same syntax as VMS that make it very
- easy to use for the end users. It is possible to access
- your data from each terminal of a VAX-Cluster. Commands
- can be entered either in interactive mode or through a DCL
- procedure.
-
- Release notes are distributed with each order.
-
-
- Notes: Executable and/or object code is included.
-
- Restrictions: Minimum VMS V5.2 operating system required.
-
- Sources not included.
-
- Media (Service Charge Code): 600' Magnetic Tape (MA) Format: VAX/ANSI
-
-
-
-
- New
-
- VS0142 Symposium Collection from the VMS/Languages and Tools SIG,
- Part 1 of 2, Spring 1992, Atlanta Version: May 1992
-
- Submitted by: Ted Nieland and Glenn Everhart, Ph.D.
- Operating System: AMIGA-DOS, MACINTOSH OS, VAX/VMS, ULTRIX, UNIX, DOS
- Source Language: BLISS-32, C, C++, DCL, FORTRAN, MACRO-32, PASCAL,
- VAX FORTRAN Keywords: Symposia Tapes - VMS
-
- Abstract: This is Part 1 of 2 of the VMS/Languages and Tools SIG tape
- from the Spring 1992 DECUS Symposium in Atlanta. Refer to
- DECUS No. VS0143 for Part 2 of the VMS/Languages and Tools
- SIG Tape. Users are advised to order both tapes in order to
- have the complete set. The tapes from the VMS and L&T SIG's
- were combined to reduce duplications between the two
- collections.
-
- Following is a brief summary of highlights:
- 92AVAXLT
- Indices and descriptions of what is on the tapes. Tools
- subdirectory contains tools needed to decompress or
- unpack some packed items.
-
- DECUSLIB
- Current machine readable catalog of DECUS Library contents
- as straight text. The BROWSER fulltext retrieval tool is
- included. Also the DECUS Catalog Information System tool is
- included.
-
- VAX92A
- [.4GL_SIG] RALLY select_queue - select print que
- for RALLY printing.
- [.AKE] ANU News 6.1 alpha4 release
- (complete usenet NEWS for VMS).
- BOSS - multisession terminal
- monitor, V4.3a. DVIPS - Converts
- TEX output to Postscript.
- GNUC - Gnu C++ for VMS and LIBG++
- for VMS, from version 2.2 of Gnu C.
- LDB - Long Distance Backgammon.
- UMORIA is the Moria game, built for
- VMS. (Many other Gnu files from
- Earle Ake were moved to the
- [.gnusoftware] tree on DECUS No.
- VS0143.)
- [.ALLEBRANDI] Programs to set or clear traceback
- or debug for images linked without
- or with those attributes.
- [.ALPHABETS] Some public information released by
- DEC about the new Alpha machine.
- [.ARNOLD] BITNET postmaster's guide.
-
-
- [.BOSS] BOSS multisession monitor, latest
- version. Allows control of several
- sessions from one terminal, logging,
- record/playback of input, flexible
- control of output, supports FTdriver
- or PY/TWdriver, low overhead.
- [.BULLETIN] Latest BULLETIN, a many-to-many
- messaging system and USEnet
- newsreader that works like VAX Mail.
- [.BZL] RDB to RTF (RTF = Rich Text Format,
- read by many PC and Mac word
- processors) convert. TRIM - process
- files in various ways including
- stripping some chars from start of
- line, replace strings in each line,
- add prefix/suffix to lines,
- add line at start of each file,
- strip whitespace, strip nonprinting
- chars.
- [.CALLBACK] System permitting the VAX to call
- you back on call-in, useful for
- security and billing purposes.
- [.CRONFEDITCOO] COOKIE - small fortune cookie
- program. CRON - execute jobs at set
- times, controlled by data file.
- FXEDIT - callable F$EDIT routine.
- [.DIALER] Schedule calls to a remote modem (or
- pager).
- [.DX] Fullscreen directory maintenance
- utility; multiwindow.
- [.EDX] EDT style editor for TPU with many
- extensions and built in spelling
- checker and dictionary.
- [.FAIRBAIRNS] Addendum to Vassar spell checker;
- works inside EVE or independently.
- [.FINGER] Current FINGER distribution for
- those who aren't up to date; reports
- users, activities, mail read over
- DECnet, some TCP/IP and JNET nets
- and aids looking up usernames.
- Highly secure.
- [.FLOWERS] CSWING, directory and file
- management (full screen) utility,
- many fixes. DISK - reports free
- disk space. DISK-WATCHER - monitors
- free disk space. MAIL_EDIT - quote,
- spell check, and add signature to
- outgoing mail. MENU - DCL menu
- system V2.3. FALL_BACK and
- SPRING_FORWARD - "kindler, gentler"
- time change for daylight saving
- time. MOST - file fullscreen lister
- with fixes and additions.
-
-
- [.GCE92A] New version of AnalyRIM (combined
- spreadsheet and relational database
- manager) adding "infinite
- dimensions" (per design published
- 1987). CAP - Columbia Appletalk
- server for unix. Also SED,
- TQE, and CDROM readers. Network -
- submitted items from all over.
- These include numerous messages with
- DECwindows hints, DX directory
- manager, FDdriver updates for remote
- disks, cryptodisks, memory disks,
- etc., information on what
- intercepting VMS I/O flow at various
- points can be used for, MWAIT
- analyzer, VMS share file packager
- for mailing, CMU domainserver,
- security product reviews, CDROM
- reader for ISO or High Sierra CDs,
- and much more.
- [.GOATLEY] Supervisor Series 5.2 (monitor or
- control other terminals or log
- terminal output). BAT - easy batch
- sessions. CVTLIS - convert .LIS
- files on listings CD back to .MAR or
- .B32. DCLKEYS - define DCL keys
- from a program. DCL recall patch
- for sixty-two cmds. Gnu FGREP for VMS.
- FLIST - fullscreen directory/file
- manager. GETCMD - display anyone's
- DCL recall buffer. Gnu Grep for
- VMS. Gnu FGREP for VMS. Watch JNET
- links. Renumber Macro labels.
- Program to replace LOGIN.COM.
- Notice manager. Cardfiler display
- on VT terminals. Gnu SED 1.8 for
- VMS. Process name set for any
- process. Display contents of .STB
- files. APRT - change page
- protection. CLRREF - clear refs to
- device (frees device for reuse w/o
- reboot). LASER symbiont. for
- postscript printers. MWAIT
- analyzer. Process-permanent
- hotkeys. Set privs for any process.
- UUencode/decode. TQE dumper.
- UNMACRO interactive disassembler.
- [.HAINING] Account maintenance and
- creation/deletion system. Also
- remote print/plot for VMS and Unix.
- [.JBAKER] TERMINALS - generate terminal
- statistics. VERSION - show software
- versions for layered products, VMS.
- USERCOUNT - looks for other
- interactive processes.
-
-
- [.LEVINE] Menu driven mail profile editor and
- menu driven mail user interface.
- [.LOCK] Terminal lock using VMS password.
- [.LOMASKY] Replacement program to do what
- LOGIN.COM does, but much faster.
- PIGGY - find who's hogging the disk
- space, quickly. More flexible
- SYSUAF reports, very tailorable.
- Reports sysuaf or rightslist. Also
- can copy passwords from node to
- node.
- [.LPD_FOR_UCX] Implementation of LPD for UCX so
- Unix systems can use printers on VMS
- machines.
- [.MCMAHON] DECwindows brain surgery and how to
- do it documents.
- [.MEADOWS] CD - program to play audio CDs on
- CDROM readers with SCSI controllers.
- [.MOST] Textfile viewer in the tradition of
- MORE and LESS. Allows moving back
- and forth etc., less danger of
- accidental overwrite than an editor
- & less overhead.
- [.MUNIC_S92] Contributions from DECUS Munich and the
- European VMS SIG. Includes BREAK
- terminal locker, CHARGE - modify
- account string, mount any cluster disk,
- VMS CRON timebased scheduling,
- EDX - edit a remote (ftp) UNIX
- file from VMS, fix_queue - repair
- job controller file, get volume
- label clusterwide, C intender,
- Infoserver monitor, transparent
- use of a remote compiler, load
- VT200 keys, convert logfiles,
- Postscript symbiont for
- AppleLaserWriter, RDB based PAK
- mgr., mail distributor, mail
- profile manager, move DECWindows
- login box, analyze MWAITed
- processes, put field from ISAM file
- into DCL symbol, postscript plot
- library, print file on remote node
- queue, postscript drawpackage, X.25
- filetransfer, allow use of any
- Postscript file for DECW login, get
- time in processor modes since last
- boot, REMINDER notebook, show info
- about RMS indexed file, job
- scheduler, modem/c-kermit utilities,
- until to move holidays to Secondary
- Days in UAF, smarter SET TERM/INQ,
- dynamic quota management, DECW
-
-
- system perf. info, VMSTELL: vms <->
- MSDOS communication, remote
- satellite shutdown, FREEMEM trim
- working set, UNREAD - show who
- doesn't read his mail, USER_SHUTDOWN
- - user driven workstation shutdown.
- VTEDIT - multiwindow EDIT based on
- TPU/LSE.
- [.NSWC] Checkmail - see if someone read mail
- you sent them. VLOG - view end of
- log files while the job is still
- running. SD - set/show default,
- MANY options. LET - shorthand
- define. MODIFY - string replacement
- in text, many MANY options.
- REFORMAT - reformat text files, lots
- of options. USERS - continuously
- updating users display. VGRAPH -
- viewgraph generator for Postscript
- printers. ZMENU - DCL menu display
- system.
- [.PASSPOL] VMS password policy module, lets you
- check for weak passwords
- automatically as they are entered.
- [.PAVLIN] New version of Ethermon, which works
- on VMS V5.4-3 and later. More
- commands, more displays, many
- programs to analyze traces, and
- still a very complete ethernet
- online monitor.
- [.PERL] VMS port of PERL V3.0-18, a useful
- scripting and text language.
- [.RCS] Update of the VMS port of RCS
- (Revision Control System) though
- still an RCS 4.3 port.
- [.RICKSYS] TPUPlus superset of TPU editor.
- [.RPI] MDMLIB - utilities. MX - electronic
- mail router between UUCP, TCP/IP,
- DECnet and BITnet. Supports mailing
- lists and file distribution over
- email. NETLIB - routines to access
- TCP/IP services in a version
- independent way for several vendors.
- NEWSRDR - NNTP client news reader.
- NSQUERY - asks Internet name servers
- about a name. UCX_Finger - Simple
- finger utility for VMS/ULTRIX
- connection. WATCHER - very general
- idle terminal monitor.
- [.STOCKLEY] BRUREAD - BRU tape reader for VMS
- (no VAX/RSX needed). BRULIST - list
- directory of BRU tapes from RSX
- systems.
-
-
- [.SYSSUPPORT] Command files for supporting a large
- VAXcluster.
- [.TERMLOCK] Terminal lock program update.
- [.UUCP] Release V2.0 of VMS UUCP, a package
- permitting full participation in
- VMSnet/USEnet mail and news in VMS.
- [.VAXPRO] Items from VAX Professional
- magazine. Become another user;
- deinstalling page file; how to use
- SDA; automatic determining machine
- type; show who is mapped to global
- sections.
- [.VMSTPC] VMSTPC - tape to disk to tape copier,
- superfast.
- [.WYANT] RSX Indirect documentation.
-
- Notes: The AAAREADME.TXT file is also available in hardcopy as a
- separate writeup through the DECUS Library. This writeup gives an
- overview of each of the programs on this collection. To receive you
- hardcopy of this writeup for AAAREADME.TXT, order the Media Service
- Charge Code (AC).
-
- Complete sources may or may not be included.
-
- Media (Service Charge Code): Write-Up (AC), 2400' Magnetic Tapes (PD)
- Format: VMS/BACKUP, 2400' Magnetic Tape (SD) Format: VMS/BACKUP, TK50
- Tape Cartridge (TD) Format: VMS/BACKUP
-
-
-
-
- New
-
- VS0143 Symposium Collection from the VMS/Languages and Tools SIG,
- Part 2 of 2, Spring 1992, Atlanta Version: May 1992
-
- Submitted by: Ted Nieland and Glenn Everhart, Ph.D.
- Operating System: AMIGA-DOS, MACINTOSH OS, VMS, ULTRIX, UNIX, DOS
- Source Language: BLISS-32, C, C++, DCL, FORTRAN, MACRO-32, PASCAL,
- VAX-FORTRAN Keywords: Symposia Tapes - VMS
-
- Abstract: This is Part 2 of 2 of the VMS/Languages and Tools SIG tape
- from the Spring 1992 DECUS Symposium in Atlanta. Refer to
- DECUS No. VS0142 for Part 1 of the VMS/Languages and Tools
- SIG Tape. Users are advised to order both tapes in order to
- have the complete set. The tapes from the VMS and L&T SIG's
- were combined to reduce duplications between the two
- collections.
-
- Following is a brief summary of highlights:
-
- 92AVAXLT
- Indices and descriptions of what is on the tapes. Tools
- subdirectory contains tools needed to decompress or
- unpack some packed items.
-
- LT92A
- [.ANTIVIRUS] Antivirals for PC, Mac, and Amiga
- from internet antiviral archives.
- [.CKERMIT] Most recent (beta but usable)
- C-Kermit for a variety of platforms
- (plus VMS executables).
- [.GCE92A] COPS security package, V1.4, for
- Unix. CAP - Columbia Appletalk
- Package, Appletalk server for Unix.
- LQtext fulltext retrieval package,
- for Unix systems. TARsplit package
- to split Tar files on VMS into
- smaller pieces.
- [.GNUSOFTWARE] Gnu items updated since the Fall
- 1991 tapes. Includes BC, new CVS
- (Concurrent Versioning System),
- EPOCH, Gnu Emacs 18.58, new
- fileutils, E1VIs (Vi clone for
- emacs), Gnu C/C++ (all in one) V2.2,
- GHOSTScript Postscript interpreter
- & viewer, Gnu C lib, computer jargon
- file, new textutils, mawk, metamail,
- time daemon, VMS termcap patches,
- and some more.
-
-
- [.NCSA] NCSA Telnet (Telnet and FTP for PC
- and Mac)
- [.PC-SIG] Disks distributed by DECUS PC Sig at
- the Atlanta sysmposium. Both MSDOS
- and Mac items are here.
- [.VMSBACKUP] VMS Backup tape reader for
- unix machines.
- [.X11R4] X11R4 clients and demos, ported to
- VMS (/motif). Updated since Fall
- 1991.
-
- Notes: The AAAREADME.TXT file is also available in hardcopy as a
- separate writeup through the DECUS Library. This writeup gives an
- overview of each of the programs on this collection. To receive your
- hardcopy of this writeup for AAAREADME.TXT, order the Media Service
- Charge Code (AA).
-
- Complete sources may or may not be included.
-
- Media (Service Charge Code): Write-Up (AA), 2400' Magnetic Tapes (PD)
- Format: VMS/BACKUP, 2400' Magnetic Tape (SD) Format: VMS/BACKUP, TK50
- Tape Cartridge (TD) Format: VMS/BACKUP
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