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diff --git a/README.vos b/README.vos index eb01e37169..6e31e2c4da 100644 --- a/README.vos +++ b/README.vos @@ -8,16 +8,20 @@ README.vos - Perl for Stratus VOS =head1 SYNOPSIS -This is a port of Perl version 5 to VOS. Perl is a scripting or -macro language that is popular on many systems. See your local -computer bookstore for a number of good books on Perl. +This is a port of Perl version 5 to VOS. Perl is a scripting or macro +language that is popular on many systems. See L<perlbook> for a +number of good books on Perl. + +This is instructions for compiling Perl from source. For most people, +you can simply download a pre-compiled distribution from +ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/posix/ga/ga.html =head2 Stratus POSIX Support Note that there are two different implementations of POSIX.1 support on VOS. There is an alpha version of POSIX that is available from the Stratus anonymous ftp site -(ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/posix/alpha/alpha.html). There is +(ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/posix/). There is a generally-available version of POSIX that comes with the VOS Standard C Compiler or VOS C runtime in VOS Release 14.3.0 or higher. This port of perl will compile and bind with either @@ -70,7 +74,7 @@ Stratus FTP site. Login anonymously to ftp.stratus.com and get the file /pub/vos/posix/alpha/posix.save.evf.gz in binary file-transfer mode. Or use the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) -ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/alpha/posix.save.evf.gz from +ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/posix/alpha/posix.save.evf.gz from your web browser. Instructions for unbundling this file are at ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/utility/utility.html. This is not a standard Stratus product. |