this kit contains compiled relocatable libraries and ready-to-go executables.
Of course this too must be uncompressed
2.2 Useful hints, glossary, etc.
A "kit" is defined here as some repository file containing, usually in a compressed form, a
collection of files. The exact format of a kit depends on the target system. In practice we
have chosen the following two formats.
- for Unix systems
compressed tar files (.tar.Z) which can be uncompressed using standard Unix
uncompress or zcat utilities, and read with tar.
- for VMS systems
compressed BACKUP savesets (.BCK_LZ) which can be uncompressed with
special VMS programs available separately, and
read with the standard BACKUP command.
The way to retrieve a file via WWW depend on the WWW browser you have. The present description
assumes you are using X-Mosaic.
Start Mosaic from the scratchdir where you want to load files.
Make sure a dummy file exists there, otherwise the Mosaic Save As dialog may fail
Make sure you have
adequate disk space
in Mosaic work area.
To load a file onto your system you just click on its entry.
If the file is recognized as a binary file, Mosaic will retrieve the file, and uncompress it
automatically for you. It will then prompt you for the file name (preferentially assign the
recommended name shown with the individual kit dexcription).
If a file is not recognised as binary, to force retrieval and loading instead of viewing, do the following
before clicking : select the Options menu from the top menu bar and click on Load To Local Disk.
All files can be retrieved using usual binary ftp. The names of the files, and the host they reside
onto are given with the individual kit description in the form of an URL.
ftp://user:password@hostname/directory/file
ftp:hostname/directory/file
You ftp to the given hostname, either as anonymous, or with the indicated
username and password. Then do :
binary
cd directory
get file
Retrieval via DECnet is not currently arranged. VMS savesets can be retrieved without problems
using binary ftp.