Installation of CERN DD/OC under Unix

# Installing RPC under Unix

See also: Unix Runtime support , Building an application under unix , Installation on other systems

The files available are all under a rpc directory which you may get as a tar file. Under this directory is subdirectories rts/c with the c code. This in turn has subdirectories for each target unix-like system. Currently, these include vax_ultrix, next, os9, msdos, and sun4. Within each of these subdirectories is a Makefile. If you need to make a new subdirectory for a new target system, just copy a close match and edit it as necessary.

To configure the system, see the file syspec.h, which selects a system-specific xxx_specific.h include file (for example unix_specific.h). Modify the later for your own ends, to select for example the transport protocols which you wish to support on your system. Then, run make.

Similarly, under rpc/test/big are subdirectories for ach target system for the generation of the test software. Make a new subdirectory if necessary. Edit the Makefile, and the test* scripts to put in the name of your host machine, then run make and the script "test" to test the system (if unix).

The directory rpc/compiler contains the compiler (in pascal, needing "pc").

The files distributed include:-

rpcc
  The rpc compiler
rpcc.p
  The source of rpcc for compilation under different systems.
rpcrts.h
  The general include file
rpc_ts.h
  An include file for ts.c
rpc_code.h
  An include file for rpc code modules
rpcrts.c
  The runtime kernel source
ts.c
  The transport service interface module
ts_xxx.c
  The transport service part specific to the medium xxx ( = tcp, eth, or v24)
cm_env.c
  The configuration manager
rpc_rts_for.c
  The fortran runtime interface
system_sepcific.h
  An include file which selects a suitable xxx_specific.h file
unix_specific.h
  Include file with the characteristics of unix.

The C files must all be compiled and put into library rpclib.o. The separate library, rpclibc8k.a , is made in the same way but using the C compiler switch

    			-DRPC_BUFFER_SIZE=8096.

If you ever need to make any modifications to this software to run it on your system, please notify the changes to the address in the appendix "More Information". Thanks.