Hi Craig, Thanks so much. Of course, I did have this utility stashed away in my vms perl directory, but I had never installed it. Off to work we go.
Again, thanks for your help. Carl Friedberg Comet & Company 165 William St 9 NY NY 10038 www.comets.com (212) 233-5470 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 10:50 PM > To: Carl Friedberg > Cc: 'vmsperl@perl.org' > Subject: Re: any glue to sys$getrmi > > > On Aug 13, 2008, at 7:40 PM, Carl Friedberg wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'd like to use a VMS perl interface to > > sys$getrmi. > > > > I'm attempting to write my own version, but if > > anyone has already started this effort and > > has some ideas, or eve better, working code, > > please contact me; offline is fine. > > > > If / when I get this done, it will get to > > CPAN. > > > Carl, > > I would think VMS::Monitor would do the trick: > > http://search.cpan.org/~dsugal/VMS-Monitor-0_06/monitor/monitor.pm > > It uses the EXE$GETSPI interface, which was the undocumented > predecessor to SYS$GETRMI. It should be a fairly mechanical operation > to convert the $GETSPI calls to $GETRMI if that's needed for some > reason, but whether the item codes are all still the same, whether all > item codes of interest are included, whether it works as is on OVMS > v8.3 and Itanium -- those are all unknowns here. It might well run > out of the box with no modifications, or it might need some TLC to get > modern, but I can't think of any reason to reinvent the wheel or start > from scratch. > > I'm believe, as with all of Dan's modules, I'm "co-maintainer" of this > module, which means I can apply patches to the CPAN version if you > send them in. > > _ > Craig A. Berry > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "... getting out of a sonnet is much more > difficult than getting in." > Brad Leithauser > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.2/1609 - Release > Date: 8/13/2008 6:43 AM >
