Applications to be Ported
From AIX 3.2.5 to HP-UX

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.

Page Table of Contents

  • Priority Legend
  • Communications
  • Compilers and Programming Tools
  • Database
  • Environments and Shells/Shell Programming
  • Graphics
  • Information Client/Server Applications and Utilities
  • Simulation
  • Statistics
  • Utilities
  • General
  • Account Related
  • Modem, Terminal, and Workstation Related
  • Editing and Text Manipulation
  • On-line Help
  • Mail and Office Automation
  • Process Monitoring
  • Visualization
  • Uncategorized
  • Priority Legend

    Use the following legend to clarify the meaning of the "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?

    Communications

    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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    Database

    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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    Graphics

    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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    Information Client/Server Applications and Utilities

    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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    Simulation

    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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    Statistics

    Name of Application Version Description of Application Porting Priority Completion Date
             

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    Utilities - General

    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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    Utilities - Account Related

    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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    Utilities - Modem, Terminal, and Workstation Related

    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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    Utilities - Editing and Text Manipulation

    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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    Utilities - On-line Help

    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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    Utilities - Mail and Office Automation

    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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    Utilities - Process Monitoring

    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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    Visualization

    Name of Application Version Description of Application Porting Priority Completion Date
             

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    Uncategorized

    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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