X-Git-Url: http://git.indexdata.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=dd7207a87c8ed4d5778368cc6457141337d9b8ff;hb=28231d4c83085109d800c6689ae778cc041c51e7;hp=d144894ae5491a326f7e31f34dde2cf34a26356d;hpb=c6860bd2b0d52f5f53dd01f0f1857f5d310108ba;p=yaz-moved-to-github.git diff --git a/README b/README index d144894..dd7207a 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,16 +1,20 @@ - * Copyright (C) 1995-1996, Index Data. + * Copyright (C) 1995-1997, Index Data. * See the file LICENSE for details. * Sebastian Hammer, Adam Dickmeiss -Compilation and installation +Compilation and installation for YAZ + $Id: README,v 1.18 1997-09-18 08:47:17 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 role of Z39.50/SR. +Windows programmers: refer to the file MSVC.txt which describes +how to compile the software using Microsoft Visual C++. + Two test-programs of interest are generated when you type 'make' at -the top level. server/ztest and client/client. Ztest is a dummy database +the top level: ztest/ztest and client/client. Ztest is a dummy database server which returns canned responses to all queries. It's good for verifying that the protocol works ok, and ztest.c shows a minimalistic implementation of the 'backend' interface. @@ -102,6 +106,8 @@ server - This is the implementation of the server frontend. It client - A demonstration client. If we come upon a good design for a higher level client API, that will live here. +ztest - A demonstration server that implements a backend. + include - The various header files. makelib - This is a simple utility that gathers the libraries from the