Mark (the Porter) Bixby writes:

> Do :VERSION PERL.PUB.PERL and for every XL library listed, log on as
> MANAGER.SYS and do chmod 755 to fix the permissions.

:VERSION PERL.PUB.PERL
VERSION  C.60.00 Copyright (C) Hewlett-Packard 1987.  All Rights Reserved.

PERL.PUB.PERL

SOM #1
@(#) HP30315    A.05.10    95/02/08 NRT0 Startup routine

MAX STACK SIZE: 393216
MAX HEAP SIZE: 81920000
CAPABILITIES: BA,IA,PH
UNSAT PROC NAME:
ENTRY NAME:
LIBRARY SEARCH LIST: /usr/lib/libcurses.sl /lib/libsvipc.sl
/usr/lib/libsocket.s
l /usr/lib/libstr.sl /lib/libm.sl /lib/libc.sl


Hmmmmmm.  No XL's listed at all.  Undeterred, I tried the chmod and found
that none of the libraries above existed!

Further investigation revealed that /usr/lib had a lot of files that ended
in ".a".  Hey, didn't I read something about this on Mark's web site?  Yeah,
here it is:

Convert your *.a system archive libraries to *.sl shared libraries

You only have to do this ONCE on your MPE/iX 5.5 machine in order to convert
/lib/lib*.a and /usr/lib/lib*.a libraries to their *.sl equivalents.  This
step should not be necessary on MPE/iX 6.0 or later machines because the 6.0
or later update process does it for you.

:XEQ SH.HPBIN.SYS /PERL/PUB/LIBSHP3K


Well, guess what?  On this 6.0 machine it was necessary.  Oh, well.

Anyway, the good news is that once I fixed this problem, the script is
running a-ok!

Thanks all!

Jim Phillips                           Information Systems Manager
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Phone: 330-527-2124                         P. O. Box 285
Fax:   330-527-2123                           10513 Freedom Street
Web:   http://www.tolwire.com          Garrettsville, OH  44231

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