[Info-vax] OpenVMS books

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/20/2017 12:12 PM, Saifi Khan wrote:
> Here is a newbie query.
> 
> i can't seem to find any of these books
> 
> OpenVMS Operating System Concepts, 2nd Edition, David Miller
> 
> C/C++ programming on OpenVMS
> 
> The one, i found 'The Minimum You Need to Know to be an OpenVMS Application Developer'
> by Roland Hughes is too steeply priced, it is simply un-affordable :-(
> 
> So, currently, i'm reviewing material at Neil Rieck's site
> http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/
> 
> Any other pointers/links related to C/C++ programming on OpenVMS ?

My suggestion will be:

C & C++ language and standard library: pick any 20 year old book and
it should match VMS reasonable OK

C and C++ compilers: HELP should provide you with what you need

POSIX stuff: the process stuff will most likely not work, you need to
be very careful with the file stuff because native VMS file and
directory names are very different from *nix, the rest should
reasonable work as expected

VMS calling convention: read the VMS manual and look at some
examples

VMS specific stuff: read the VMS manuals on, specifically:
* LIB$ reference
* system services reference
* RMS reference
on an "as needed" basis.

Arne