gawk: VMS Compilation
B.3.2.1 Compiling 'gawk' on VMS
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To compile 'gawk' under VMS, there is a 'DCL' command procedure that
issues all the necessary 'CC' and 'LINK' commands. There is also a
'Makefile' for use with the 'MMS' and 'MMK' utilities. From the source
directory, use either:
$ @[.vms]vmsbuild.com
or:
$ MMS/DESCRIPTION=[.vms]descrip.mms gawk
or:
$ MMK/DESCRIPTION=[.vms]descrip.mms gawk
'MMK' is an open source, free, near-clone of 'MMS' and can better
handle ODS-5 volumes with upper- and lowercase file names. 'MMK' is
available from <https://github.com/endlesssoftware/mmk>.
With ODS-5 volumes and extended parsing enabled, the case of the
target parameter may need to be exact.
'gawk' has been tested under VAX/VMS 7.3 and Alpha/VMS 7.3-1 using
Compaq C V6.4, and under Alpha/VMS 7.3, Alpha/VMS 7.3-2, and IA64/VMS
8.3. The most recent builds used HP C V7.3 on Alpha VMS 8.3 and both
Alpha and IA64 VMS 8.4 used HP C 7.3.(1)
VMS GNV for information on building 'gawk' as a PCSI kit that
is compatible with the GNV product.
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(1) The IA64 architecture is also known as "Itanium."
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