The following table lists Applications that ITS intends to
port from AIX 3.2.5 to HP-UX 10.x as part of the transition to
the new system. If you do not see an application listed below
that isn't a normal part of UNIX and you used it on the AIX
system and would like to see it on the HP-UX system, email the suggestions
alias and provide all of the necessary information to describe
and locate the software.
NOTE: This page is in progress and will be
changing as more information becomes available.
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"Porting Priority" column:
| Porting
Priority |
Definition |
| 1 |
Highest Priority (anticipated for
classroom use or required for another application to be
installed). |
| 2 |
After all pending priority 1's are
completed. |
| 3 |
When we have time available. |
| 4 |
Do we really need these? |
| Name
of Application |
Version |
Description
of Application |
Porting Priority |
Completion
Date |
| archie |
4.2 |
ftp archive searcher
software |
3 |
Dec. 19, 1997 |
| finger |
|
Improved finger utility |
1 |
May 21, 1997 |
| Kermit |
5.0(119) |
File transfer protocol
software |
3 |
|
| ncftp |
2.4.2 |
Nice FTP Interface |
3 |
August 1, 1997 |
| rz |
3.7 |
X-Y-Zmodem utilities. |
1 |
June 12, 1997 |
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Compilers and Programming Tools
| Name
of Application |
Version |
Description
of Application |
Porting Priority |
Completion
Date |
| ada.dots |
|
Script for redoing dot files
required for Alsys Ada |
4 |
Not needed on new system |
| flex |
2.5.4 |
Gnu version of lex |
2 |
August 14, 1997 |
| ftnchek |
2.5 |
FORTRAN 77 syntax checker |
4 |
|
| gcc/g++/objective-C |
2.7.2 |
Gnu C and C++ compilers |
1 |
Sept. 29, 1997 |
| gcl |
2.2.2 |
Gnu Common LISP |
1 |
|
| gdb |
4.16 |
Gnu debugger |
1 |
Aug. 1997 |
| gnat |
3.10 |
Gnu ada compiler |
3 |
Sept. 29, 1997 |
| gnumake |
4.16 |
Gnu version of the make
utility |
1 |
May 29, 1997 |
| java |
1.12 |
HP version of the java
compiler |
1 |
Sept. 29, 1997 |
| kshdb |
|
Korn Shell Debugger |
1 |
Nov. 1997 |
| makedepend |
|
|
1 |
Included in HP system |
| ncurses |
1.9.9g |
Nice Curses |
|
Aug. 1, 1997 |
| patch |
2.2 |
Software source utility for
applying patches to code. |
1 |
May 29, 1997 |
| Rational Rose |
|
Ada compiler from Rational
Software |
1 |
|
| pvm |
3.3.11 |
Parallel Virtual Machine.
Allows parallel processing across a heterogeneous
computing environment. |
3 |
|
| RCS |
5.7 |
A collection of source
management utilities. |
1 |
Completed by Systems Group |
| scheme (kali interpreter) |
2.5 |
Programming language |
3 |
Dec. 29, 1997 |
| tcl |
7.5 |
Tool Command Language. |
2 |
May 28, 1997 |
| tk |
4.1 |
TCL Tool Kit |
2 |
May 28, 1997 |
| xlc |
|
AIX ANSI C Compiler |
4 |
IBM proprietary software,
replaced by "cc" on HP-UX |
| xlC |
|
AIX C++ Compiler |
4 |
IBM proprietary software,
replaced by "CC" on HP-UX. |
| xlf |
|
AIX Fortran Compiler |
4 |
IBM proprietary software,
replaced by "f77" and "f90". |
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| Name
of Application |
Version |
Description
of Application |
Porting Priority |
Completion
Date |
| Oracle |
|
DBMS Package (implementation
requires a person be identified as a Database Manager; It
is not clear who is available within ITS for this role.) |
1 |
|
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Environments and Shells/Shell
Programming
| Name
of Application |
Version |
Description
of Application |
Porting Priority |
Completion
Date |
| new.dots |
|
script to update the user's
"dot" files. |
1 |
August 25, 1997 |
| perl |
5.004 |
Scripting language |
1 |
Completed by Systems Group |
| tcsh |
6.07.02 |
T-shell (extended c-shell) |
1 |
Completed by Systems Group |
| ssh |
|
Secure Shell |
2 |
Oct. 9, 1997 |
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| Name
of Application |
Version |
Description
of Application |
Porting Priority |
Completion
Date |
| gnuplot |
3.5 |
Gnu plot software. |
4 |
|
| grap |
|
Typesets graphs for the pic
command. |
3 |
|
| xv |
3.10a |
Graphic file viewer (X11) |
3 |
|
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| Name
of Application |
Version |
Description
of Application |
Porting Priority |
Completion
Date |
| asWedit |
3.0 |
HTML Editor (X11) |
2 |
Sept. 3, 1997 |
| cpnn |
|
Cal Poly News Network.
Superseded by gopher and WWW. |
4 |
Obsolete Software |
| Delta Web Database |
1.0 |
C.S.U. Specialty database
with contributions from several of the other campuses. |
2 |
Moving to another machine |
| freeWAIS-sf |
|
WAIS Package |
1 |
|
| goform |
|
Old gopher form software |
4 |
Obsolete Software |
| gopher |
2.3 |
Gopher information retrieval
client software (bundled with server software). |
1 |
July 8, 1997 |
| Gopherd |
2.3 |
Gopher Server |
1 |
|
| gopherindex |
|
Old method of indexing
gopher information |
3 |
|
| gophfilt |
2.3 |
Gopher client for single
document retrieval |
1 |
July 8, 1997 |
| htpasswd |
1.5.2a |
Web access password program
(bundled with NCSA HTTPd). |
1 |
Sept. 23, 1997 |
| hypermail |
1.02 |
Mail to Web Page translator |
1 |
Sept. 13, 1996 |
| imapd |
3.? |
imapd mail server |
2 |
Sept. 13, 1996 |
| inews |
1.24 |
NETNews Utility |
3 |
Sept. 15, 1997 |
| injnews |
|
User friendly news posting
front-end for regular news. |
3 |
|
| Jughead |
|
Gopher Title indexing engine
and server |
1 |
|
| libs |
|
Scripts for accessing
library systems around the world. |
4 |
|
| lynx |
2.7.1ac69 |
ASCII Web Browser and MENU
engine. |
1 |
Sept. 22, 1997 |
| NCSA HTTPd |
1.5.2 |
Web Server Engine |
1 |
|
| Netscape |
3.02 |
Popular X11 web browser |
2 |
August 1, 1997 |
| ph |
7.6 |
Directory Server client
software |
1 |
Sept. 19, 1997 |
| Qualcomm Popper |
2.4.7? |
Popmail server software |
1 |
Oct. 13, 1996 |
| rnews |
|
NETNews Utility |
3 |
|
| sgname |
|
Gopher utility for adding
names to gopher objects. |
1 |
|
| tin |
1.22 |
News Reader Software |
1 |
July 16, 1997 |
| trn |
3.6 |
News reading software. |
1 |
May 29, 1997 |
| voting_booth |
|
NETNews voting utility. |
3 |
|
| weblint |
1.017 |
HTML syntax checker |
1 |
Dec. 19, 1997 |
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| Name
of Application |
Version |
Description
of Application |
Porting Priority |
Completion
Date |
| infocadx11 |
|
? |
4 |
|
| nastran |
|
element analysis software. |
4 |
|
| sapiv |
|
Dynamic element analysis and
modeling. |
4 |
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of Application |
Version |
Description
of Application |
Porting Priority |
Completion
Date |
| |
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| Name
of Application |
Version |
Description
of Application |
Porting Priority |
Completion
Date |
| aclmod |
|
Script to set ACL's on AIX.
Probably won't be ported to HP-UX. HP-UX 10.x doesn't
support ACL's across NFS. |
4 |
|
| expect |
5.22 |
TCL/TKL Library for processing intyeractive I/O
streams |
1 |
May 28, 1997 |
| gzip |
1.2.4 |
Gnu zip utilities |
1 |
Completed by Systems Group |
| lmstat |
|
License manager software |
1 |
|
| lndir |
|
Link directories using
symbolic links. |
4 |
|
| merge_frames |
|
Place source files with a
record number into a destination file. |
4 |
|
| mkdirheir |
|
Make a directory hierarchy. |
4 |
|
| not_here |
|
Script to indicate that the
requested software does not run on the current site. |
2 |
Oct. 6, 1997 |
| pcprint |
|
Prints to attached printer
on a workstation that is running a complete vt100
emulation. |
1 |
|
| pilot |
1.1 |
File browser |
1 |
July 8, 1997 |
| play |
|
Allows users to access games
if there are sufficient resources available. |
1 |
|
| print_wrapper |
|
Internal script for
printing. |
1 |
|
| printiaps |
|
Internal printing script |
1 |
May 15, 1997 |
| printiapsps |
|
Internal printing script for
postscript files. |
1 |
May 15, 1997 |
| Rnfileexp |
|
echo like utility. |
4 |
|
| tcl/tkl |
7.5/4.1 |
Scripting Language |
1 |
May 28, 1997 |
| ulib |
|
Departmental library access
and management software. |
1 |
August 25, 1997 |
| ytalk |
3.0 PL 1 |
Alternative to the talk
command |
1 |
May 29, 1997 |
| zip |
2.1 |
UNIX versions of the zip
utilities |
1 |
Sept. 3, 1997 |
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| Name
of Application |
Version |
Description
of Application |
Porting Priority |
Completion
Date |
| chfn |
|
chfn wrapper |
1 |
Completed by Systems Group |
| chsh |
|
chsh wrapper |
1 |
Completed by Systems Group |
| cleanup |
|
Script that looks through
the user's account for old files that could be candidates
for deletion. |
1 |
May 9, 1997 |
| passwd |
|
passwd wrapper |
1 |
Completed by Systems Group |
| scanpasswd |
|
Provides a breakdown of
accounts on the system by UNIX groups. |
1 |
May 9, 1997 |
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| Name
of Application |
Version |
Description
of Application |
Porting Priority |
Completion
Date |
| modem_users |
|
Shows the users connected to
each of the modem pools by login ID. (To be ported with
Gopher Server.) |
1 |
July 9, 1997 |
| modems |
|
Displays the number of
available and total modems in each of the modem pools..
(To be ported with Gopher Server.) |
1 |
July 9, 1997 |
| screen |
3.7.4 |
Multiple session utility for
ASCII terminal sessions. |
2 |
Sept. 3, 1997 |
| term |
1.0.6a |
? |
4 |
|
| terminals |
|
Display the available and
total numbers of terminals in each of the general access
terminal labs on campus.. (To be ported with Gopher
Server.) |
1 |
July 9, 1997 |
| w_modems |
|
Provides output similar to
the UNIX w command for each terminal server in each of
the modem pools.. (To be ported with Gopher Server.) |
1 |
July 9, 1997 |
| where_from |
|
Provides a general breakdown
of where users are logging into the system from (modems,
other labs, etc.).. (To be ported with Gopher Server.) |
1 |
July 9, 1997 |
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| Name
of Application |
Version |
Description
of Application |
Porting Priority |
Completion
Date |
| a2ps |
|
ASCII text to Postscript
conversion utility. |
2 |
April 17, 1997 |
| agrep |
2.04 |
Search a file for a string
with approximate matching capabilities. |
2 |
Dec. 19, 1997 |
| e |
|
IBM Editor wrapper. Not
needed on HP-UX. NOTE: On HP-UX, e is a
synonym for ex. |
4 |
|
| emacs |
19.34 |
Full screen text editor. |
3 |
Oct. 9, 1997 |
| gawk |
3.0.3 |
Gnu version of awk. |
3 |
Sept. 3, 1997 |
| gdiff |
2.7 |
Gnu version of diff. |
3 |
|
| ghostscript |
3.33 |
Postscript file viewing
software. |
2 |
|
| ghostview |
1.5 |
Postscript file viewing
software (works with ghostscript). |
2 |
|
| groff |
1.10 |
Gnu version of roff |
2 |
Dec. 19, 1997 |
| ispell |
3.1 |
Spell checking utility. |
1 |
May 28, 1997 |
| jove |
4.14.10 |
Display oriented text
editor. |
4 |
|
| LaTeX |
|
Text formatting software
(includes TeX). |
2 |
Nov. 19, 1997 |
| less |
332 |
Gnu version of more. |
1 |
May 29, 1997 |
| pico |
2.9 |
Full screen editor (see
pine). |
1 |
October 1996 |
| safegs |
|
Ghostscript for X11 |
4 |
|
| TeXinfo (makeinfo) |
3.9(1.67) |
|
1 |
June 5, 1997 |
| vi_help.perl |
|
Script to provide help
within vi (needs a man page). |
3 |
|
| vim |
4.6 |
Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor |
|
Dec. 29, 1997 |
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| Name
of Application |
Version |
Description
of Application |
Porting Priority |
Completion
Date |
| assist |
|
script using gopher to
access on-line, locally developed, help and information
files.. (To be ported with Gopher Server.) Currently
only displays AIX data!
|
2 |
Oct. 6, 1997 |
| bugs |
|
Script to access the bugs
data area of the gopher information tree.. (To be ported
with Gopher Server.) |
1 |
July 9, 1997 |
| lrom |
B.02.01 |
HP's on-line documentation system. NOTE:
Only works with X displays and will not allow printing
initially.
|
1 |
|
| policy |
|
Script to access the policy
area of the gopher information tree.. (To be ported with
Gopher Server.) |
1 |
July 9, 1997 |
| sysaliases |
|
Script to access the system
aliases area of the gopher tree.. (To be ported with
Gopher Server.) |
2 |
July 9, 1997 |
| sysnews |
|
Script for accessing the
system news |
1 |
May 16, 1997 |
| whatson |
|
Provides a tree structured
list of what software is installed on the system using
gopher.. (To be ported with Gopher Server.) |
1 |
July 9, 1997 |
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| Name
of Application |
Version |
Description
of Application |
Porting Priority |
Completion
Date |
| addme2alias |
|
Script used in adding a user
to an alias by email. |
1 |
Dec. 1997 |
| aixmenu |
|
UNIX based menuing system
using lynx. Will probably be renamed to
"unixmenu" on the new system. |
1 |
Oct. 6, 1997 |
| distribute |
|
Software used to control
redistribution of mail via system aliases. |
1 |
Oct. 13, 1996 |
| Alias Manager |
|
System Alias Management Software |
1 |
Oct. 13, 1996 |
| doit |
|
Submit a todo item (see
todo). |
2 |
Nov 21, 1997 |
| elm |
2.4 |
Full screen mail interface. |
1 |
Comes as part of the HP
Distribution |
| filter |
|
Mail filtering utility that
comes bundled with elm (see elm). |
1 |
Oct. 13, 1996 |
| frm |
|
|
2 |
|
| metamail |
2.7 |
Several MIME utilities for
dealing with MIME type elements within a UNIX mail
environment. |
1 |
Included in HP system |
| moved-mail |
|
A script to allow the user
to access mail which has been moved to their mbox file
using the mail client specified in the MAILER variable or
PINE. |
|
Dec. 18, 1997 |
| nicemail |
1.12 |
Sends bulk mail to many
users on a one-to-one basis. |
1 |
Oct. 13, 1996 |
| packmail |
1.1 |
packmail utility. |
1 |
|
| pine |
3.96 |
Easy to use mail interface
(the editor, pico, comes bundled with pine). |
1 |
October 1996 |
| plan |
1.2 PL 3 |
X11 based personal
candendaring tool. |
4 |
|
| remind |
3.0 |
Several reminder utilities. |
4 |
|
| sun-audio-file.csh |
|
Script using uuencode on
sound files. |
4 |
|
| sun-to-mime.csh |
|
Script for viewing text
oriented mail in Sun's OpenWindows mailtool. |
4 |
|
| todo |
|
Allows the user to maintain
a todo list using email messages and/or a flat text file. |
2 |
Nov 21, 1997 |
| turnin |
|
Package for email turn-in of
homework assignments. |
1 |
Dec. 1997 |
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| Name
of Application |
Version |
Description
of Application |
Porting Priority |
Completion
Date |
| cloads |
|
Displays the loads of all
cluster members continuously. |
3 |
|
| doall |
|
Run a givien command on all
of the configured sites, one site at a time. Uses the
"on" command. |
4 |
|
| hung |
|
Displays potentially hung
processes running on the current site. |
3 |
Oct. 6, 1997 |
| loadavgd |
|
Provides load average
information. |
3 |
|
| monitor |
|
System performance
monitoring tool. |
1 |
Comes as part of the HP
distribution (top) |
| nusers |
|
Displays the number of
current users on the current site. |
1 |
May 9, 1997 |
| rshall |
|
Run a command on all of the
configured sites, one site at a time. Uses .rhosts file. |
1 |
May 16, 1997 (Renamed
remshall) |
| rshsome |
|
Run a command on all of the
specified sites, one site at a time. Uses .rhosts file. |
2 |
|
| running |
|
Provides a breakdown of
what's running on the current system including intense
processes. |
3 |
Oct. 3, 1997 |
| uptime |
1.06 |
? |
3 |
Part of the OS |
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| Name
of Application |
Version |
Description
of Application |
Porting Priority |
Completion
Date |
| |
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Information within this table has yet to be categorized either
because it is very old or we have yet to decide its disposition.
| Name
of Application |
Version |
Description
of Application |
Porting Priority |
Completion
Date |
| a2p |
|
awk to perl translator |
3 |
Part of perl |
| acsforms |
|
Pseudo on-line forms |
4 |
|
| bnchmk |
|
? |
4 |
|
| bsdinst |
|
Accepts bsd style install
arguments and makes appropriate system V calls. |
3 |
Part of HP-UX |
| copy_frames |
|
? |
4 |
|
| cppstdin |
|
? |
4 |
|
| cunbatch |
|
incoming news spooling. |
3 |
|
| dired |
|
Directory Editor. |
4 |
|
| dmake |
2.1.5 |
Generic parallel make
utility. |
4 |
|
| getch |
|
? |
4 |
|
| isexpand |
|
Expands the list of suffix
flags in a list of ispell words. |
1 |
May 28, 1997 |
| lsof |
|
ls on any open files and
sockets on the system (systems management utility). |
3 |
|
| macbin |
3.0.1 |
Create mac binary files for
easy downloading. |
4 |
|
| mcvert |
|
BinHex to Mac Binary
conversion utility. |
4 |
|
| munchlist |
|
Generate a reduced set of
suffix flags in a list of ispell words. |
1 |
May 28, 1997 |
| tests |
|
? |
4 |
|
| timeout |
|
Schedules a function call
after a specified interval. |
4 |
|
| unsea |
1.0 |
Removes self expanding code
from a macbinary sea file. |
4 |
|
| unsit |
|
extract/list files in a Mac
Stuffit archive. |
4 |
|
| uqwk |
|
collect news and mail into a
qwk packet. |
4 |
|
| xmessage |
|
create an X window for
viewing a file. |
4 |
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Revised: January 16, 1998
George Westlund (gwestlun@calpoly.edu)
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