X-Git-Url: http://git.indexdata.com/?p=yaz-moved-to-github.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=054c9bd3d9a9199596bff3bccf5509880e239332;hp=42da23a57570b8bfaeec1185b3f91d16b18c7521;hb=a7827306d9d9fd634a4b4336944bee781fa61e32;hpb=e8ed2e5014d3ed2970406747c7913aa5438972db diff --git a/README b/README index 42da23a..054c9bd 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,16 +1,20 @@ - * Copyright (C) 1995-1997, Index Data. + * Copyright (C) 1995-1998, Index Data. * See the file LICENSE for details. * Sebastian Hammer, Adam Dickmeiss -Compilation and installation +Compilation and installation for YAZ + $Id: README,v 1.19 1998-01-07 12:59:27 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 windows.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 @@ -109,8 +115,8 @@ makelib - This is a simple utility that gathers the libraries from the lib - The libraries. Primarily libyaz.a. -To get more information or assistance, send mail to yaz-help@index.ping.dk. +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 the software, bug-reports, discussion etc. You can sign up by sending -mail to yaz-request@index.ping.dk. +mail to yaz-request@indexdata.dk.