[Info-vax] Product command

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2018-05-22 kl. 21:35, skrev Bill Cunningham:
>      Wow! This product command will drive you out of your mind. I have been
> looking here,
> 
> https://www.itec.suny.edu/scsys/vms/ovmsdoc073/v73/6017/6017pro_006.html
> 
> I am wanting a quick way to install this file. And I am sure I should use
> product and not vmsinstal.
> 
> dec_vaxv.pcsi;1

Are you sure that that is the correct file name?
You have not renamed the file after the unzip?

Please post the output of "unzip -l <zip-file>".

And what is the name of the ZIP file?

> 
> Is the file that I unzipped with unzip in linux.

It is generally better to unzip on the target VMS system (or at least
on some VMS system). It is easy to mess up the record format of the file.

> So I hope everything was unzipped right.

Probably not, since you did not unzip on the target VMS system.

> 'unzip -a' I used. The file I mentioned above I have in the
> FILES-11 file for the simh emulator. I guess
> 
> 'product install dec_vaxv.pcsi;1' is way to damn simple for thigns to go. I
> have looked all I know where to look. usenet is all I know where to go. The
> zip file was for TCP/IP.

A TCP/IP distribution usualy has a file name something like:

DEC-AXPVMS-TCPIP-V0507-13ECO3-1.PCSI$COMPRESSED

Note this of course is a later version. And older kits
might not have the "$COMPRESSED" part...

And it is installed with the command:

$ prod inst TCPIP

The third part between the dashes in the file name is the "product"
that should be specified in the "prod inst" command line.

You can also try the list command to verify the kit:

$ prod list tcpip

Performing product kit validation of signed kits ...
%PCSI-I-HPCVALPASSED, validation of ........ succeeded

The following product has been selected:
     DEC AXPVMS TCPIP V5.7-13ECO3           Layered Product

Do you want to continue? [YES] No
%PCSIUI-I-USERABORT, operation terminated by user request
$

Probaby some differences on older environments.

> if I can get that installed and set up right, I
> think I can ftp or shell or something between the linux host and vms
> environment.
> 
> Bill

If you actually also post a question, or maybe some command
that gave some error, you might even get some help.