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diff --git a/release_docs/INSTALL_VMS.txt b/release_docs/INSTALL_VMS.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a45a6d7 --- /dev/null +++ b/release_docs/INSTALL_VMS.txt @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ + Building and installation instructions for Alpha Open VMS + This file is under construction + VMS port is not finished yet. + EIP April 16, 2006 + + + + + CONTENTS + -------- + + 1. Obtaining HDF5 + 2. Building C, Fortran and C++ libraries + 3. Testing HDF5 libraries and tools + 4. Installing HDF5 libraries + 5. Known problems + + + 1.Obtaining HDF5 + Please see INSTALL file in this directory for downloading instructions. + + 2. Building C, Fortran and C++ libraries + Use tar command to untar HDF5 source ball + + tar -xvf hdf5-1.8.0-<pre>.tar + Change default directory to [.hdf5-1.8.0-<pre>.vms] + and run + @make + command. This command file will build + C library, tests, and utilities + Fortran library and tests + C++ library and tests + C, Fortran and C++ examples + + IMPORTANT: Compilations flags are defined in the [.vms]make.com file of the + source tree. It is set up to use /float=float_ieee qualifier for C, Fortran + and C++ compilersi, and debug mode. If desired, those flags can be removed. + Do NOT REMOVE /define=H5_VMS and /standard=strict_ansi qualifiers. + If you have to use make.com file in a particular directory, make sure that + you modify the compilation flags in this file appropriately. + + If make.com succeeds, the following libraries and utilties will be built: + + [.src]hdf5.olb + [.fortran.src]hdf5_fortran.olb + [.c__.src]hdf5_cplus.olb + [.tools.h5diff]h5diff.exe + [.tools.h5dump]h5dump.exe + [.tools.h5import]h5import.exe + [.tools.h5jam]h5jam.exe + [.tools.h5jam]h5unjam.exe + [.tools.h5ls]h5ls.exe + [.tools.h5repack]h5repack.exe + + 3. Testing HDF5 libraries and tools + You may try to run check.com files in the following directories + + [.test] + [.fortran.test] + [.c__.test] + [.examples] + [.fortran.examples] + [.c__.examples] + + 4. Installing HDF5 libraries + Currently one has manually copy *.olb, public *.h files and Fortran modules + files from + [.src], [.fortran.src] and [.c__.src] directories + + 5. Known problems + + 1. There is no support for filters including deflated compression filter and + szip compression filters + 2. There are few C and Fortran tests that fail (C mtime, Fortran file_close and + multifile driver tests, probably more; all major tests succeed) + 3. Mulitifile driver has not been tested yet + 4. Test scripts for some tools are missing; existing tools test scripts + do not compare output with the expected output. + 5. Probably more :-) + + + For help contact hdfhelp@hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu or help@hdfgroup.org |