1 INFO-VAX	Sat, 03 Dec 2005	Volume 2005 : Issue 673       Contents:' Re: Help, I need a VMS Alpha 8.2 OS kit ' Re: Help, I need a VMS Alpha 8.2 OS kit / Re: the counterpart of lib$spawn on Linux/UNIX?  Re: V8.3 teaser  Re: V8.3 teaser   F ----------------------------------------------------------------------   Date: 2 Dec 2005 22:55:36 -0800  From: stuie_norris@yahoo.com.au 0 Subject: Re: Help, I need a VMS Alpha 8.2 OS kitC Message-ID: <1133592936.508870.316610@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>    Hi  J > And AFAIK, yes, both the LP distros and OS distro kits are available for& > FTP download for contract customers.  : I know that the LP are available via http://www1.sqp.com/.  B Could a link for the OS download site for customers with a support contract be provided?    Thanks   Stuart   ------------------------------   Date: 3 Dec 2005 07:59:42 -0600 - From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) 0 Subject: Re: Help, I need a VMS Alpha 8.2 OS kit3 Message-ID: <qknOH8ta+xTh@eisner.encompasserve.org>   e In article <1133592936.508870.316610@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>, stuie_norris@yahoo.com.au writes:   K >> And AFAIK, yes, both the LP distros and OS distro kits are available for ' >> FTP download for contract customers.   D > Could a link for the OS download site for customers with a support > contract be provided?   > I imagine those at HP responsible for fulfilling that contractB can do that.  If not, you should goad them into learning what they need to know to do their job.    ------------------------------  $ Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 15:49:06 +0100& From: "H Vlems" <nospam@what.ever.com>8 Subject: Re: the counterpart of lib$spawn on Linux/UNIX?; Message-ID: <d4322$4391b08b$513b9a2c$1551@news.versatel.nl>   G In C you'd use system() and pass a string that is recognized by the os. D Linux probably has its own commands to set terminal characteristics.   Hans  $ <wob96@yahoo.com> schreef in bericht- news:dmo78b$tgb$1@news-srv1.vanderbilt.edu...  > Hi,  > E > I'm porting an ancient fortran program from OpenVMS Alpha to Linux, I > needlessly to say, numerous problems, now I'm trying to figure out what  the  > lib$spawn on VMS does? > 1 >   open (unit=0, file=fname, status = 'unknown') ( >   call lib$spawn ( 'set term/nowrap' ) > K > From google result seems it's something related to process. Could someone @ > please tell me what are the corresponding calls on Linux/UNIX? >  > Thanks a lot!  >  > Owen >  >  >    ------------------------------  $ Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 15:45:16 +0100& From: "H Vlems" <nospam@what.ever.com> Subject: Re: V8.3 teaser< Message-ID: <704d6$4391afa5$513b9a2c$29122@news.versatel.nl>  D "Guy Peleg" <guy.peleg@remove_this_header@hp.com> schreef in bericht$ news:438ea098@usenet01.boi.hp.com...2 > If you are not using BACKUP stop reading now.... >    Still reading....   < > (if you stopped reading your boss should know about it ;-)  ' I own the VMS systems that I manage ;-)   ; > If you ever used BACKUP you must have hit CTRL-T to watch D > it progress, and you probably saw output similar to the following: > K > IPL31::_VTAT3: 08:54:45 BACKUP    CPU=00:00:02.64 PF=1588 IO=5024 MEM=466 L >  Restoring file: DKA100:[DWMOTIF_SUPPORT_I64XB2U.KIT]HP-.PCSI$COMPRESSED;1: >  Saveset volume:1, saveset block:164 (32256 byte blocks) > E > Okay, how many people think that 164 blocks each 32256 is readable?   H It's perfectly readable, but I guess the real question is how often have! system managers needed to compute 7 how long that d***d backup process is going to take....   $ > (if you do stop reading now....;-) > I > For V8.3 I slightly updated the message...here is the result, a picture  > is worth a thousand words....  > K > IPL31::_VTAT3: 07:53:25 BACKUP    CPU=00:00:02.34 PF=1406 IO=3537 MEM=477 L >  Restoring file: DKA100:[DWMOTIF_SUPPORT_I64XB2U.KIT]HP-.PCSI$COMPRESSED;1: >  Saveset volume:1, saveset block:489 (32256 byte blocks)/ >  15.04MB restored out of 1.18GB, 1% completed B >  Restore rate: 960KB/sec, estimated completion time: 08:14:42.74 >   ; Conclusion: this is a blessing for us poor system managers! E Now if you could backport that into VAX/VMS V7.3 that'd be great too. : Does this rely on code not (yet) available on VAX/VMS 7.3?  
 Hans Vlems   PSA Any chance that hobbyist users get included in an 8.3 field test?    ------------------------------  $ Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 10:36:30 -0500* From: "Syltrem" <syltremzulu@videotron.ca> Subject: Re: V8.3 teaser0 Message-ID: <11p3erhq06ipfe9@corp.supernews.com>  C "Guy Peleg" <guy.peleg@remove_this_header@hp.com> wrote in message  $ news:438ea098@usenet01.boi.hp.com...K > IPL31::_VTAT3: 07:53:25 BACKUP    CPU=00:00:02.34 PF=1406 IO=3537 MEM=477 K > Restoring file: DKA100:[DWMOTIF_SUPPORT_I64XB2U.KIT]HP-.PCSI$COMPRESSED;1 9 > Saveset volume:1, saveset block:489 (32256 byte blocks) . > 15.04MB restored out of 1.18GB, 1% completedA > Restore rate: 960KB/sec, estimated completion time: 08:14:42.74  >  > Guy  >  This is just great !  H And I bet the estimated completion time will be more accurate than what  other know OS often offers ;-)  G But if we only restore a subset of tthe files (/select=) that would be  L harder to calculate the time, or if we have a lot of small files instead of * a few large ones, that changes everything.@ But if you can make the magic, sometimes it will be very useful.   Syltrem    ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2005.673 ************************