ted@nieland.DAYTON.OH.US (Ted Nieland) (04/20/91)
Tape: VAX90B
Section: [.MUNICH]
Reviewer: Jeffrey Jalbert
This directory tree includes a wide diversity of programs and utilities. There
are obviously a large number of significant contributions in this list. The
range of users is from system managers to developers. Among
those included are:
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[.ACCSRV] ACCOUNTING Information from server terminals
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Ease of use:
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NOTE: Documentatiion is in German.
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[.AUTODIAL] autodial routines for V.25bis modems suitable for
using with set host/dte
Installation: 4
Documentation: 3
Intended Audience: system managers/users
Ease of use: 5
Usefullness: 4/5
Sources Included: yes, MACRO
CLD included: N/A
Help included: N/A
Objects supplied: NO
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AUTOGENDIFF.COM show diff. between SYSGEN current, active
parameters.
[.CALL_EDIT] how to use callable EDT
Installation: 3 (must compile and link. No directions, but is obvious)
Documentation: Yes (In German)
Intended Audience: Programmers
Ease of use: 4
Usefullness: 4
Sources Included: YES (FORTRAN)
CLD included: NO
Help included: NO
Objects supplied: NO
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[.CNV_CHAR] Convert multinational character sets
This directory contains 2 small programs to convert DEC and IBM multinational
character sets to HP multinational characterset, and 1 converting IBM to DEC.
Installation: 4 (Compile and link routines)
Documentation: 2
Intended Audience: Conversion programmers
Ease of use: 5
Usefullness: Depends on Requirements --- high if you have conversion
issues!
Sources Included: Yes (FORTRAN) but one can easily clone to another
language
CLD included: NO
Help included: NO
Objects supplied: NO
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[.DICT_ENGL_GERMAN] ENGLISH <-> GERMAN dictionary
Installation: 5
Documentation: 5 (This is a self-documenting search library for
english-german translation)
Intended Audience: folks who are trying to translate betweeh these two
languages!
Ease of use: 5
Usefullness: 5 (depending on context)
Sources Included: Y (DCL)
CLD included: N/A
Help included: NO
Objects supplied: N/A
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[.FREE] Show true free blocks (by reading the bitmap on the
disk. This is a good companion routine for the
[.spacedir] utility described in another submission)
Installation: 5 (just run the .exes or recompile and link)
Documentation: none
Intended Audience: system managers
Ease of use: 5
Usefullness: 4
Sources Included: YES (FORTRAN)
CLD included: NO
Help included: NO
Objects supplied: YES
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[.GETDISKQUOTA] Read QUOTA.SYS from a FORTRAN program
This directory contains 2 Subrotines demonstrating how to get information from
QUOTA.SYS by a FORTRAN program. The information consists of get PERMANENT and
OVERDRAFT value of UIC, and get disk USAGE of UIC. You must modify the disk
name in the TESTGDQ.FOR program and rebuild the image for it to not give a stack
dump. If you do not have disk quotas, this will give a stack dump.
Installation: 4
Documentation: 3
Intended Audience: Users
Ease of use: 3
Usefullness: 2, if you have disk quotas
Sources Included: Yes
CLD included: N/A
Help included: N/A
Objects supplied: Yes, but will have to be recompiled
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GERMAN_MANUALS.LZH Manuals in German for
DCL,DECNET,FORTRAN,VMSVWS,VMSUTIL
GERMAN_VMS_MANUAL.LZH VMS V5 manual in German
[.HP_CALCULATOR] simulates a small HP pocket calculator
This program simulates a small HP pocket calculator like HP-21 (without any
programing facilities).
Installation: 5 (just run the .exes or recompile and link)
Documentation: No
Intended Audience: Anyone who wants an HP-like calculator online
Ease of use: 5 (if you know how to use an HP calculator)
Usefullness: 4 (some of the commands are in German)
Sources Included: Yes
CLD included: No
Help included: Online
Objects supplied: Yes
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[.IDLE_KILLER] Logout idles users (terminals only; not windows)
This directory contains 2 routines. One is a process which watches for idle
terminals and will delete them after a defined amount of time. The other gets
information from the first about the terminals on the system.
Installation: 5 (must be linked)
Documentation: Yes
Intended Audience: System managers
Ease of use: 4
Usefullness: 5
Sources Included: Yes
CLD included: N/A
Help included: N/A
Objects supplied: Yes
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[.KRISPIN] create new users, print VAX files on a PC
This directory contains a four DCL procedures. One adds 2000 blocks to a UIC's
diskquota, another subtracts the same. A third creates new users in the
authorization file and the fourth allows you to print VAX files on a HP-Laserjet
or a CI300. This directory also contains the necessary escape sequences for the
foruth procedure.
Installation: 4
Documentation: Yes (in German)
Intended Audience: System mangers
Ease of use: 3
Usefullness: 3+
Sources Included: Yes
CLD included: N/A
Help included: N/A
Objects supplied: N/A
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[.LUST] manage VMSMAIL_PROFILE (VMS 5.x), dynamic setting
of SECONDARY DAYS in UAF (for movable holidays),
check reading of mails
The routines try to access the file "sys$system:vmsmail_profile.data" and refuse
to work if the file is not found. The programs should be changed to
"sys$system:vms_mail_profile.data" to work correctly. The mail profile only has
German help and messageing, but the unread allows you to modify the messages to
english. (Search for 'english' in the fortran source.)
Installation: 3
Documentation: Yes (In German)
Intended Audience: system managers/users
Ease of use: 4
Usefullness: 4
Sources Included: Yes
CLD included: Yes
Help included: Yes (In German)
Objects supplied: Yes
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[.MAIL_UTIL] Programs and procedures for VMS mail: watch newmail
count, how to write your own mailshare, etc.
Command procedures. Requires file "SYS$SYSTEM:VMSMAIL.DAT".
Installation: 4
Documentation: Yes (mostly German)
Intended Audience: System managers
Ease of use: 4
Usefullness: 3
Sources Included: Yes, DCL
CLD included: N/A
Help included: N/A
Objects supplied: N/A
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[.MEISSNER] Report modifications to system files (to prevent
worms/viruses). Program development environment.
If you have many executables in sys$system:, the CHECK program may exceed the
limit it has for it's statisics file. DISK_STATUS is a good tool for
identifying disk fragmentation.
Installation: 3 (Must compile and link, but it is obvious)
Documentation: No
Intended Audience: System managers, programmers
Ease of use: 5
Usefullness: 5
Sources Included: Yes [.CHECKSYS], No [.DECUS]
CLD included: N/A
Help included: N/A
Objects supplied: No
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[.NICK] show disk fragmentation, network wide process info
restartable COPY
Network wide process info may be having problems under VMS 5.4. I could not
access any node other than the current.
Installation: 5
Documentation: None
Intended Audience: System managers
Ease of use: 4
Usefullness: 5
Sources Included: Yes
CLD included: Yes
Help included: Yes
Objects supplied: Yes
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[.PASS] Check for changed passwords (obsoleted in V5.4)
Installation: 5
Documentation: Yes (In German)
Intended Audience: System manager
Ease of use: 3
Usefullness: 4 (unless you are running V5.4)
Sources Included: Yes
CLD included: N/A
Help included: N/A
Objects supplied: Yes
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[.PSILOG] convert P.S.I. logfile to clean text
Installation: 4 (just compile and link)
Documentation: No
Intended Audience: Anyone who does set host/log
Ease of use: 5
Usefullness: 5
Sources Included: Yes
CLD included: N/A
Help included: N/A
Objects supplied: No
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[.RRV] show information about index files
Installation: 5
Documentation: No
Intended Audience: Programmer
Ease of use: 4
Usefullness: 4
Sources Included: Yes (MACRO)
CLD included: N/A
Help included: N/A
Objects supplied: Yes
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[.RMS_LOCKS] list all RMS file locks
Installation: 4 (compile and link)
Documentation: No
Intended Audience: System manager
Ease of use: 4
Usefullness: 5
Sources Included: Yes (Macro)
CLD included: N/A
Help included: N/A
Objects supplied: No
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[.ROHWEDDER] Lots of useful VMS V5 system procedures
Installation: 5
Documentation: Yes (In German)
Intended Audience: User, programmer
Ease of use: 5
Usefullness: 4
Sources Included: Yes
CLD included: N/A
Help included: N/A
Objects supplied: No
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[.RUEGER] show idle time, processormodes since last boot
(VMS V5.x)
Processor modes is missing an include file - cannot compile.
Installation: 4
Documentation: 3
Intended Audience: System manager
Ease of use: 5
Usefullness: 4
Sources Included: Yes
CLD included: N/A
Help included: N/A
Objects supplied: No
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[.SCRIPT_DAEMON] VMS support for postscript printers
Installation: 3
Documentation: Yes (In German)
Intended Audience: System manager
Ease of use: 4
Usefullness: 4
Sources Included: Yes
CLD included: N/A
Help included: N/A
Objects supplied: No
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SCRLIB.LZH A small SMG$ based screen package
Installation: 4
Documentation: 4
Intended Audience: Programmers
Ease of use: 4
Usefullness: 4 (Good for prototyping)
Sources Included: Yes
CLD included: Yes
Help included: Yes
Objects supplied: Yes (library)
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[.SERMON] public terminal server manager similar to TSM
Installation: 4
Documentation: Yes (In German)
Intended Audience: System manager
Ease of use: 4
Usefullness: 4
Sources Included: Yes
CLD included: Yes
Help included: Yes
Objects supplied: No
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SYMBIONTS.LZH Two examples of modified print symbionts.
Installation: 4
Documentation: 5
Intended Audience: System managers
Ease of use: 4
Usefullness: 4
Sources Included: Yes
CLD included: N/A
Help included: N/A
Objects supplied: No
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[.TU-WIEN] mini message router, procedures for clustermanagement
DEVCTL libraries for several printers, VWS goodies
and more
Installation: 4
Documentation: 4 (PRINTER-SETUPS in German)
Intended Audience: System manager
Ease of use: 5
Usefullness: 4
Sources Included: Yes
CLD included: Some
Help included: Some
Objects supplied: N/A
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TAPE_TTT.LZH A utility for handling foreign tapes
Installation: 4
Documentation: Some (in German)
Intended Audience: System manager
Ease of use: Had no way of testing it
Usefullness: Ditto
Sources Included: Yes
CLD included: N/A
Help included: N/A
Objects supplied: No
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FRED.LZH A public MMS (lharc'd)
Installation: 3 (Command procedure uses program to link, but program
executable not supplied)
Documentation: 5
Intended Audience: Programmers
Ease of use: 4
Usefullness: 2 (Only supports upto VT125 terminal types)
Sources Included: Yes (mostly MACRO)
CLD included: No
Help included: Yes
Objects supplied: No
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