Re: Recent change of apinames_vms.bash

Dear Jouk,

On 2024/10/01 18:41, Jouk Jansen wrote:
>> Oh, excuse me, please let me confirm. On conventional Unix systems,
>> the redirection by ">>" would append the existing file, but
>> the redirection by ">" would overwrite the existing file.
>> The bash on VMS works differently? ">>" and ">" have no difference?
> 
> apperently....
> 
> the -o option on OpenVMS results in : "could not open '<filename>' for writing"

Oops!! I will fix when I get the license for OpenVMS/x86-64.
Thank you and sorry for taking care on it.

>> Thanks! Very informative, especially the future of VSI cross compiler.
>> Just I've checked the free-charged licensing program of OpenVMS,
>> it seems that the community license for x86-64 architecture is possible,
>> but no community license for Alpha and Itanium. Which architecture do
>> you use? Just I've submitted my request for x86-64 architecture...
> 
> The comunity license for Alpha and Itanium was dropped last spring. However
> OpenVMS on those plaform is still supported by VSI.
> I'm in the so called "ambassadors program" of VSI. So I have still access to
> all three platforms (Alpha, Itanium and x86_64).

Great. There are a few Alpha machines in the storage of my laboratory
(but I guess their button batteries are already empty and cannot boot
anymore), but never had an access with Itanium platform.
  
> Freetype was tested on all three flavours of OpenVMS. see:
>     http://nchrem.tnw.tudelft.nl/openvms/software2.html#Freetype

Thanks!