Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!xanth!lll-winken!uunet!yale!spolsky-joel From: spolsky-joel@CS.YALE.EDU (Joel Spolsky) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: running VAX-unix binaries under VAX-vms Keywords: vax bsd vms Message-ID: <54309@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> Date: 21 Mar 89 06:28:07 GMT References: <621@asuvax.asu.edu> Sender: root@yale.UUCP Reply-To: spolsky-joel@CS.YALE.EDU (Joel Spolsky) Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept, New Haven CT 06520-2158 Lines: 19 In article <621@asuvax.asu.edu> system@asuvax.asu.edu (Marc Lesure) writes: >Is it possible to take a binary from a VAX running 4.3bsd and >get it to run on a VAX running VMS? If so, how? > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >Marc Lesure / Arizona State University / Tempe, AZ >UUCP: ...!ncar!noao!asuvax!lesure >Internet/CSNET/ARPA: lesure@asuvax.asu.edu No. The OS calls are not compatible. Forget it, or write a Unix-emulator on top of VMS, which is probably theoretically impossible. +----------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | Joel Spolsky | bitnet: spolsky@yalecs.bitnet uucp: ...!yale!spolsky | | | internet: spolsky@cs.yale.edu voicenet: 203-436-1483 | +----------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ #include