1) I used the Watcom version 11 compiler and the Novell NetWare SDK
from October 1998. You can get the latest NetWare SDK (free). Go to
http://developer.novell.com/ndk/netware.htm#C/C++ and look for "NLM and
NetWare Libraries for C (including CLIB and XPlat)"
2) The unzip.nlm runs in the same address space as the NetWare OS.
In other words, if unzip.nlm crashes, the server will most likely crash.
Therefore, I recommend you do not load unzip.nlm on a server that your
company depends on for business until it's been thoroughly tested on a
test server.
3) I've designed this unzip.nlm port to load on any version of NetWare
starting with NetWare 3.12. However, I've tested it only on NetWare 5.0.
If unzip.nlm does not load or run correctly, try the following in
this order:
a) Load clibaux.nlm version 1.21a or later before loading
unzip.nlm. The clibaux.nlm is part of the NetWare SDK package
mentioned above. It's also part of the 3.x C library package
mentioned below.
b) On NetWare 3.x, install the latest 3.x C library modules.
Go to http://support.novell.com/misc/patlst.htm#nw and look for
"NetWare 3.12/3.2 CLIB".
c) On NetWare 4.10, install the latest 4.10 C library modules.
Go to http://support.novell.com/misc/patlst.htm#nw and look for
"Updated modular CLIB and DSAPI".
d) On NetWare 4.11 and 4.2, install the latest support pack.
Go to http://support.novell.com/misc/patlst.htm#nw and look for
"NetWare 4 Support Pack".
4) This unzip.nlm assumes that support for the long name space (also
known as the OS/2 name space) has already been added to the current
working volume. If it has not, and the zip archive contains files with
long names, then the fopen() for such files will just fail. The code
does not attempt to rename the file to fit in a DOS-style name. The same
problem would occur with long directory names.
5) If unzip.nlm works correctly on NetWare 3.x (which it should,
but I've not tried it), it will create all files and directories with
all-uppercase names. The reason is that the NetWare 3.x C library does
not support creating mixed-case or lowercase file names, even in the long
(OS/2) name space.
6) To change the current working volume and current working directory
in which unzip.nlm loads and runs, load unzip.nlm like this:
load unzip <unzip options> (CLIB_OPT)/P<volume>:<directory>
For example:
load unzip archive.zip (CLIB_OPT)/Pvol1:\usr\home
For more information on CLIB_OPT, go to http://developer.novell.com/search/
and enter "CLIB_OPT" in the "Novell Developer Kit Search" box.
7) To find out more about clibaux.nlm, go to
http://developer.novell.com/search/ and enter "clibaux" in the "Novell
Developer Kit Search" box.
Vance Baarda
NetWare Server Install
Novell, Inc.
