README.VMS
1 Brief instructions for building flex 2.5.x for VMS:
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3 0) if you have either MMS (from Digital) or MMK (freeware) for use
4 as a `make' utility, follow the directions in steps #1 through #5 below.
5 If not, execute
6 @BUILD.COM xxxC
7 where "xxxC" is either "VAXC" or "DECC" or "GNUC", and then skip to
8 step #5.
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10 1) set default to the source directory (not the [.MISC.VMS] subdirectory
11 where this file is located).
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13 2) COPY [.MISC.VMS]DESCRIP.MMS []*.*
14 (Recursive invocations of `make' for the `bigcheck' test assume that the
15 makefile will be found as descrip.mms in the current directory.)
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17 To build with VAX C for VAX/VMS:
18 3) MMS /MACRO=("VAXC=1") FLEX.EXE
19 (The /macro qualifier is optional in this case.)
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21 To build with GNU C for VAX/VMS:
22 2.5) possibly edit descrip.mms to uncomment `SET COMMAND' for GCCINIT,
23 depending on local site configuration
24 3) MMS /MACRO=("GNUC=1") FLEX.EXE
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26 To build with DEC C for either VAX/VMS or Alpha/VMS:
27 3) MMS /MACRO=("DECC=1") FLEX.EXE
28 (Expect one or two informational messages from the compiler about
29 implicitly declared functions.)
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31 Minimal testing of the resulting program:
32 4) MMS CHECK
33 (If `diff' reports no warnings, the test has succeeded.)
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35 More thorough testing:
36 4.5) MMS /MACRO=("xxxC=1") BIGCHECK ! "xxxC=1" as in step #3 above
37 (If using an older version of MMK rather than MMS, this might fail when
38 `make' is invoked recursively due to excessive BYTLM usage by MMK.)
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40 Installation (the VMS makefile does not support an `install' target;
41 you'll need to do this part manually):
42 5) copy flex.exe, flex.doc, flex.skl, flexlib.olb, and FlexLexer.h to
43 location(s) appropriate for your site. To use flex, define a "foreign"
44 command by making a DCL symbol whose value begins with a dollar sign
45 immediately followed by the filename for flex.exe, as in
46 $ flex :== $local_tools:flex.exe
47 where `local_tools:' is the logical name pointing to flex.exe's location.
48 This symbol will ordinarily be a candidate for your login.com. When
49 invoking flex, upper- or mixed-case command line options must be enclosed
50 in quotes. For example,
51 $ flex "-Pxyz" "-L" -t mylexer.l > mylexer.c
52 (use prefix "xyz" instead of "yy", suppress `#line' compiler directives
53 in the output, write the output to `stdout', process file mylexer.l,
54 and capture `stdout' in file mylexer.c). As illustrated here, this VMS
55 version of flex supports emulation of command line I/O redirection used
56 by Unix shells.
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58 flex.exe -- the executable image for the flex program;
59 flex.doc -- documentation, the "man page" describing flex (flex.1
60 processed with `nroff -man' followed by `col -b');
61 flex.skl -- a text file containing flex's default skeleton;
62 with this version of flex, it is for reference only;
63 flex.exe does not need to know where to find it;
64 flexlib.olb -- an object library containing some support routines;
65 you might need to link your generated lexer against
66 it, depending on how your program is designed;
67 flex.exe does not access it; it corresponds to
68 `libfl.a' under Unix;
69 FlexLexer.h -- header file used for C++ class-based lexers; not
70 needed for ordinary C lexers.
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72 Notes:
73 This VMS port of flex supports only the original Unix command line
74 interface, not the native DCL interface which was available for flex 2.3.
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76 build.com -- DCL command procedure as alternative to descrip.mms;
77 descrip.mms -- 2.5.x makefile for use with MMS or MMK (see step #1);
78 mkskel.tpu -- TPU program used to make skel.c from flex.skl for full
79 build from scratch; performs same function as mkskel.sh;
80 vms-conf.h -- pre-configured `conf.in', copied to [-.-]config.h;
81 vms-code.c -- VMS-specific support code, copied to [-.-]vms-code.c;
82 README.VMS -- this file
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