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porting from UNIX to OpenVMS?

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The Question is:

 
Are there any tools that will allow the porting of Unix applications to VMS
easily. For example: Is there a product that takes unix system calls and
emulates them within a VMS environment. One such emulation would be the Unix
fork service. Thanks

The Answer is :

 
  Most system calls are available in the OpenVMS libraries -- fork()
  is not, but vfork() is.
 
  Specifically with V6.2, the OpenVMS POSIX kit can be installed and
  used to provide a POSIX UNIX environment on OpenVMS.
 
  For information on POSIX and such, see:
 
    ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/dec-faq/vms


  

     
     
answer written or last revised on ( 22-APR-1998 )

     
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