name : SOCKETSHR.announce LYNX SUPPORT FOR SOCKETSHR/NETLIB 28-AUG-1996 --------------------------------- What is SocketShr? ------------------ SOCKETSHR is Eckhart Meyer's socket library interface to the MadGoat NETLIB package, which provides a vendor-independent interface to the VMS TCP/IP transports. Using this, the same image will run over any of the available packages, including UCX, Multinet, CMU, Pathway access and TCPWARE. SocketShr and NETLIB are separately available libraries that MUST be installed before LYNX can use them. How to get NETLIB and SOCKETSHR ------------------------------- FTP: ftp://ftp.kcl.ac.uk/default/socketshr.* ftp://ftp.wku.edu/fileserv/socketshr.zip ftp://ftp.spc.edu/macro32/savesets/socketshr.zip ftp://ftp.kcl.ac.uk/madgoat/netlib.* ftp://ftp.wku.edu/madgoat/netlib017.zip ftp://ftp.spc.edu/macro32/savesets/netlib017.zip By E-Mail: send the following commands in a mail message: SEND SOCKETSHR.PACKAGE SEND NETLIB.PACKAGE To: vmsserv @ kcl.ac.uk Other server's may also contain these packages. NETLIB is copyright of MadGoat Software; SOCKETSHR is copyright of Eckhart meyer. Preliminary Setup of SOCKETSHR ------------------------------ Once SOCKETSHR has been installed, TWO logical names should be defined: SOCKETSHR Point to the appropriate shareable image SOCKETSHR_LIBRARY Point to the directory containing SOCKETSHR.H and IOCTL.H Both should be defined /system /exec Building LYNX ------------- Run the BUILD.COM procedures and select the SOCKETSHR_TCP option. This will build an image that will run over the SOCKETSHR/NETLIB routines. Andy Harper Kings College London A.Harper@bay.cc.kcl.ac.uk