home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- vms.get - Instructions for getting Icon for VMS via FTP
-
-
-
- The file icon/vms.bin, available via anonymous FTP from Arizona.EDU, is a BACKUP
- save set of the VMS distribution of Icon. This includes source files, object
- files, executable files, command files, sample programs, and documentation.
-
-
- Before starting FTP, set your default directory to a parent directory that can
- contain the Icon hierarchy. (A maximum of about 11000 blocks of disk space will
- be needed by the steps below.) Run FTP and copy icon/vms.bin from Arizona; be
- sure to use binary (image) mode.
-
-
- The save set has a block size of 8192. Because FTP writes a binary file with a
- block size of 512, some initial repairs are needed before BACKUP will read it.
- First, run BACKUP to create a dummy save set with the correct file attributes
- (using this file, or any other handy file, for input):
-
- $ BACKUP/BLOCK=8192 VMS.GET V7.BCK/SAVE
-
- Copy the FTP file onto this save set:
-
- $ COPY/OVERLAY VMS.BIN V7.BCK
-
- Verify that BACKUP accepts the new save set:
-
- $ BACKUP/LIST V7.BCK/SAVE
-
- If BACKUP reports no errors, you can delete the FTP file to reclaim disk space:
-
- $ DELETE VMS.BIN;
-
-
- Begin the installation by unpacking the save set:
-
- $ BACKUP V7.BCK/SAVE [...]
-
- This creates a subdirectory [.V7] containing the Icon hierarchy.
- Print the installation and use documents:
-
- $ PRINT/NOFEED [.V7.DOCS]INSTALL.DOC,USE.DOC
-
- Now complete the installation as directed by INSTALL.DOC.
-
-
- If you pick up a copy of Icon via FTP, please let us know by mail to
- icon-project@Arizona.EDU and include a postal mailing address. We will
- add you to our Icon Newsletter mailing list if you are not already on it.
- On request, we'll send you typeset copies of the installation and use
- documents for VMS.
-