ljz@fxgrp.UUCP (Lloyd Zusman, Master Byte Software) (12/12/87)
HELP!! HELP!! HELP!! We are looking for a set of routines written exclusively in C that will do ISAM-like file accesses. By "ISAM" I mean "Indexed Sequential Access Method", which in non-IBM-ese means that we want to be able to use a string to locate information in a file that can also be read sequentially. We could hack something out using some sort of hashing algorithm coupled with a binary search, but we are under the gun schedule-wise and our developers have no time to write this. Something like "dbm" would be just fine. There are several important criteria this package must meet: (1) It must be in the public domain with C source code included. We will need to make some minor hacks on it to wedge it into the software we are developing, and we aren't the slightest bit interested in having to deal with license agreements. (2) It should be written in a fairly portable way, as it must ultimately work on Sun's, HP's, microvaxes, and perhaps other platforms. (3) It must be available very soon (i.e., yesterday or sooner). (4) It must actually work. We'd prefer something that wasn't cranked out one evening by someone who read this notice and then tested it for 15 minutes before sending it to us. Something that has actually been used in one or more applications would be desirable. We have very experienced, very competent C developers here, and we know what we are asking for. Please refrain from replying with the kind of thing I sometimes see on the net: "Why do you need this? You could do thus-and-such in a sed script [or awk script, or shell script, or text editor, or ...] instead of writing a C program." We must have a C program that meets the above criteria. You can email me at the address below. Thank you very much in advance. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lloyd Zusman Master Byte Software Los Gatos, California Internet: fxgrp!ljz@ames.arpa "We take things well in hand." UUCP: ...!ames!fxgrp!ljz
gorry@miraculix.liu.se (Goran Rydquist) (12/16/87)
In article <174@fxgrp.UUCP> fxgrp!ljz@ames.arpa (Lloyd Zusman) writes: > >We are looking for a set of routines written exclusively in C that will >do ISAM-like file accesses. I would be interested in recieving a copy! gorr\/ gorry@majestix.liu.se / By the way, I would also be interested in a public domain Bentley Turbo, at most two years old, but only if it is delivered to me for free!
daveb@laidbak.UUCP (Dave Burton) (12/18/87)
In article <174@fxgrp.UUCP> fxgrp!ljz@ames.arpa (Lloyd Zusman) writes: > >We are looking for a set of routines written exclusively in C that will >do ISAM-like file accesses. QUE Corporation published a book entitled "C Programmer's Library" in 1984 that contained a C implementation of an ISAM package. They also mentioned a companion disk containing the source code listed in the book (the book claims this source costs $124.95!). -- --------------------"Well, it looked good when I wrote it"--------------------- Verbal: Dave Burton Net: ...!ihnp4!laidbak!daveb V-MAIL: (312) 505-9100 x325 USSnail: 1901 N. Naper Blvd. #include <disclaimer.h> Naperville, IL 60540