X-Git-Url: http://git.indexdata.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=979bd9bde71e11b46c69372af2870abb1885e90d;hb=ada24b27e68c3a29b7c56147d8aedff0ebdba897;hp=52e87db94f2d4b2cc3f564d46a9381be9899d4b4;hpb=663704d5e3532c523d5401b2ce8c4d34a3d0cd17;p=yaz-moved-to-github.git diff --git a/README b/README index 52e87db..979bd9b 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Copyright (C) 1995-2001, Index Data ApS. See the file LICENSE for details. Compilation and installation instructions for YAZ - $Id: README,v 1.33 2001-02-21 09:19:44 adam Exp $ + $Id: README,v 1.35 2001-04-06 12:26:45 adam Exp $ The primary output of the source here is the lib/libyaz.a library, which contains support functions for implementing the server or client @@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ On Unix, GNU configure is used to configure YAZ and generate Makefiles. Type "./configure", then "make" to build YAZ. Note: If you are using the CVS snapshot of YAZ you must have autoconf, -automake and libtool installed. Before running configure generate -support files by running buildconf.sh which is part of YAZ. +automake and libtool installed. Before running configure, create +support files by running buildconf.sh in the top-level directory of YAZ. Two test-programs of interest are generated when you type 'make' at the top level: ztest/yaz-ztest and client/yaz-client. Ztest is a dummy @@ -90,16 +90,9 @@ odr - Open Data Representation. This module implements the BER encoding rules. Documentation is found in the files odr-use.man and odr.txt. -asn - This module implements the Z39.50/SR protocol. The best way - to find out how it works is to look in the sample - client/server code in server/seshigh.c. The interface is still - wholly described by the file proto.h which defines structure - and type definitions for each of the types introduced in the - protocol specification. - z39.50 - This module implements the Z39.50 protocol. This module - does the same job as the 'asn' module except that the source - files are auto-generated using an YAZ' ASN.1 Compiler (YC). + does the same job as the old 'asn' module except that the source + files are auto-generated using an YAZ' ASN.1 Compiler (yaz-comp). zutil - This module implements a collection of Z39.50 utilities, such as query parsing, EXTERNAL handling, etc. @@ -136,6 +129,10 @@ include/yaz - The various header files. lib - The libraries. Primarily libyaz.a. The makefile gathers the libraries from previous modules into libyaz.a. +asn - Obsolete - replaced by the codecs in directory z39.50. + This module implements the Z39.50 protocol and is only provided + for backwareds compatibility. + To get more information or assistance, send mail to yaz-help@indexdata.dk. We maintain a mailing-list for the purpose of announcing new versions of