gawk on OpenVMS ¶To compile gawk under OpenVMS, there is a DCL command procedure
that issues all the necessary CC and LINK commands. There is
also a Makefile for use with the MMS and MMK utilities.
From the source directory, use either:
$ @[.vms]vmsbuild.com
or:
$ MMS/DESCRIPTION=[.vms]descrip.mms gawk
or:
$ MMK/DESCRIPTION=[.vms]descrip.mms gawk
Note that the vmsbuild.com method of building is no longer being
maintained and is planned to be removed in the future.
MMK is an open source, free, near-clone of MMS and
can better handle ODS-5 volumes with upper- and lowercase file names.
MMK is available from https://github.com/endlesssoftware/mmk.
With ODS-5 volumes and extended parsing enabled, the case of the target parameter may need to be exact.
gawk has been tested using these VMS Software, Inc.
Community editions:
Due to HPE cancelling the Hobbyist licensing program, no more testing is being done on older releases of OpenVMS.
See The OpenVMS GNV Project for information on building
gawk as a PCSI kit that is compatible with the GNV product.