CKVAAA.HLP                                                          August 1993

		      C-KERMIT FILES FOR VMS AND OPENVMS


All files for VMS C-Kermit have names beginning with CK.  Those particular
to VMS begin with CKV.  Those that VMS C-Kermit share in common with other
C-Kermit implementations begin with CKC or CKU.  When retrieving these files
via ftp from kermit.columbia.edu (watsun.cc.columbia.edu), which is a UNIX
system, use only lowercase letters in filenames.

C-Kermit 5A(189) bears the following copyright notice:

  Copyright (C) 1985, 1993, Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New
  York.  The C-Kermit software may not be, in whole or in part, licensed or
  sold for profit as a software product itself, nor may it be included in or
  distributed with commercial products or otherwise distributed by commercial
  concerns to their clients or customers without written permission of the
  Office of Kermit Development and Distribution, Columbia University.  This
  copyright notice must not be removed, altered, or obscured.

DOCUMENTATION

  C-Kermit 5A is documented in the book "Using C-Kermit" by Frank da Cruz
  and Christine M. Gianone, 1993, Digital Press, Burlington, MA, USA.  Digital
  Press ISBN: 1-55558-108-0; Prentice-Hall ISBN: 0-13-037490-3.  Price: US
  $34.95.  In USA, call DECdirect at 1-800-344-4825, refer to order number
  EY-J896E-DP.

VMS C-Kermit Files:

CKVAAA.HLP - This file.

CKVINS.DOC - VMS C-Kermit installation instructions.

CKVKER.HLP - Help file for VMS C-Kermit, to be installed in the system
HELP library.

CKCKER.UPD - Updates to C-Kermit since "Using C-Kermit was published.

CKCKER.BWR - General C-Kermit "Beware file"

CKVKER.BWR - VMS-specific C-Kermit "Beware File"

CKVKER.HEX - A hexified version of C-Kermit for VAX/VMS that can be decoded
back into an .EXE file using the CKVDEH program.  This version was built with
no network support under VAX/VMS 5.5-1 and should run on (Open)VMS
5-point-anything.

  NOTE: All CKV*.HEX files are text files composed only of 7-bit ASCII
  printable characters, arranged in lines, suitable for BITNET transfers,
  e-mail, etc.  They are to be decoded back into their original VMS form
  with the CKVDEH program, which is available for both VAX and AXP.
  For details, please read the CKVDEH.HLP file.

CKVAXP.HEX - A hexified version of C-Kermit for OpenVMS AXP.  This version was
built with no network support under OpenVMS AXP 1.0 or 1.5.

CKVVUCX.HEX - A hexified version of C-Kermit for VAX/VMS 5.x with DEC TCP/IP
(UCX) network support.  It should also be possible to use this one on a
MultiNet system.

CKVVTGV.HEX - A hexified version of C-Kermit for VAX/VMS 5.x with TGV MultiNet
network support.

CKVVWIN.HEX - A hexified version of C-Kermit for VAX/VMS 5.x with Wollongong
WIN/TCP network support.

CKVAUCX.HEX - A hexified version of C-Kermit for OpenVMS AXP 1.x with DEC
TCP/IP (UCX) network support.  It should also be possible to use this one on
a MultiNet AXP VMS system if CKVATGV.HEX is not available.

CKVATGV.HEX - (not yet available)

CKVAWIN.HEX - (not yet available)

CKVHEX.MAR - A VAX assembly language program for converting VMS .EXE files
(or any other type of file) into a printable text "hex" file suitable for
transmission via text-oriented media.

CKVDEH.MAR - A VAX assembly language program for converting a .HEX file built
with the CKVHEX program back into its original form.

CKVDEH.HLP - Help text for CKVHEX and CKVDEH, including build instructions.


Files for building C-Kermit for VMS:

CKVKER.COM - A DCL procedure for building C-Kermit from the source files.
This procedure compiles all modules unconditionally.  WARNING: This module
is generated automatically from CKVKER.MAK via:

 $ MAKE/KEEP/NOEXECUTE/FORCE/OUT=CKVKER.COM

CKVKER.MAK - A makefile used with VMS MAKE (supplied along with C-Kermit
as CKVMAK.*, see below) to build C-Kermit from the source files.  Must be
renamed to "MAKEFILE." before use.

CKVMAK.HEX - Source, documentation, and executable for VMS MAKE itself, for
the VAX only.  This is a BACKUP saveset encoded as a printable ASCII text
file using the CKVHEX program.  This software is freely distributable for
noncommercial purposes (see copyright notice in CKVMAK.HLP).

CKVMAK.HLP - Instructions for unpacking and installation of VMS MAKE.

  NOTE: A newer version of VMS MAKE that also runs on the Alpha 
  AXP can be obtained in source-code form via anonymous ftp from
  kermit.columbia.edu in the vms-make directory.

CKVKER.MMS - An obsolete, not recommended MMS build procedure.  Rename this
file to DESCRIP.MMS and then run MMS.  It has been noted, however, that this
is the only one that produces successful linking of the UCX version on an
Alpha AXP (HINT: build with CKVKER.COM, link step will fail, then run MMS to
do the linking).

Read CKVINS.DOC for detailed installation instructions.


C-Kermit Source Files:

CKVCON.C   - The VMS C-Kermit CONNECT command.

CKVFIO.C   - VMS system-specific file i/o module for C-Kermit.

CKVTIO.C   - VMS system-specific communications i/o module for C-Kermit.

CKVIOC.H   - ioctl simulation for VMS, needed with DEC TCP/IP product.
CKVIOC.C

CKVVMS.H   - Header file used by VMS C-Kermit source files.

CKVCVT.C   - A standalone program for decoding labeled files sent to VMS, to
be replaced eventually by code within C-Kermit itself.

CKVCVT.COM - DCL procedure for building the CKVCVT program.

CKVCVT.HEX - Hexified VAX binary for CKCVT.
CKVACVT.HEX - Hexified Alpha AXP binary for CKCVT.


Of course, you also need the non-VMS-specific C-Kermit files too:

CKC*.C, CKC*.H, CKU*.C, CKU*.H, CKCPRO.W, CKWART.C.


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