"James_A._Gray.OsbuSouth"@Xerox.COM (05/08/88)
Recently I have upgraded the original VMS_SHAR written by Michael Bednarek to incorporate some enhancements. Specifically, the new version has certain advantages and drawbacks. Advantages o fthe new version are 1) allows files to be longer than the part size (in fact they are only limited by virtual address space), 2) packs files to very close to the part size (which often reduces the number of parts), 3) correctly determines the number of parts, 4) precludes the necessitity of trimming any garbage at the end of a part. Drawbacks to the new version are 1) parts are not independent (they must be concatinated together to be unpacked), 2) larger virtual address space required (to be able to hold all of the files at once). Since there are significant differences between version 6.0 and previous versions, I have changed the name from VMS_SHAR to VMS_SHARE to help eliminate confusion. (On the other hand, maybe this just adds to the confusion.) There are extensive comments regarding usage. The associated TPU code is also commented. If you want this newer version, let me know and I'll mail it to you. If there is sufficient interest (>30 requests) I'll post it to the net. Jim Gray Gray:OSBUSouth@Xerox.COM