#All OpenVMS Freeware V8.0 Abstracts KThis file contains single-line abstracts from all FREEWARE_README.TXT filesAfrom all Freeware V8.0 volumes. For additional and more detailedKinformation, please see [000000]AAAREADME.TXT for an aggregate list of each2FREEWARE_README.TXT file for each package present. @The package name may or may not match the actual directory name. FThe contents of this file are generated by CREATE_FREEWARE_PACKAGE.COM &Abstracts for Volume DISK$FREEWARE80_1 N000TOOLS Various Useful Tools NA2PS Convert text to PostScript NAda Documentation Ada programming documentation in Bookreader Format NADV_PIPE V1.1 A PIPE command for VMS (emulates UNIX pipes) NADV_RUNUSR V1.0 A RUN/USER command with other enhancements NANTIWORD a MS Word document file reader/converter NAPRT System Memory Page Protection Tool NArchie v1.4.1 An archie client for VMS (VAX and AXP) NASK Enhanced INQUIRE-like User-Prompting Tool NASTYLE_VMS Source Code Reformatting Tool NATG_EDT Nick de Smith's extension to EDT NATG_EVE Nick de Smith's EDT initializer for EVE NATG_FT_PATCH ATG FTDRIVER patch kit NATR_DAEMON ACMS Audit Trail Logger utilities NAUTO A program to AUTOmatically expand DCL commands NAXP-DRIVER-EXAMPLE Example device driver ported to OpenVMS AXP NBAT Submit multiple commands to a batch queue from DCL NBison GNU Project parser generator for OpenVMS NBITNET Tools Broadcast GRAB and listserv PUNCH tools NBliss Article ACM Article: BLISS: A Language for Systems ProgrammingNBLISS-ARTICLE Contains an article on Bliss Programming NBliss Intro Introduction to Bliss NBLISS BLISS for OpenVMS NBLOCKING Locates Holder of an RMS Record Lock NBOOKMAN Processes DECW$BOOKSHELF Files NBOSS NBYACC Berkeley Yacc parser generator NBZIP2 BZIP2 File Compression Tool for OpenVMS NC-FORMAT C Source Code Beautifier Tool NCallable Ping callable ICMP ping routine NCardreader Cardreader Server Symbiont NCATDOC Convert Microsoft Word Documents into Text or TeX NCD-ROM Read a High Sierra (ISO-9660) Disk NCD A CD (Change Default) command for VMS NCD_PLAYER Plays Audio CDs on OpenVMS NCharm Disk Block Editor NCHKLGI User Authentication NCHOWN Unix-like VMS chown Facility NCLAIM V2.0 Allows Users to Claim Ownership of Files NCLEAR_ERRORS Clears the Device Error Count NCLRREF Clear the Device Reference Count NCLUE$SDA_VAX CLUE (Crash Log Utility Extractor) for OpenVMS VAX NCMEM C Memory Allocation Debugger NCMPDIR Compare two directories like DCL DIFFERENCES NCOMPARE_DIR Compare the contents of two directories Ncompress GNU compress for OpenVMS VAX and OpenVMS AXP NCRON VMS port of CRON utlity NCRS A Norton Commander-style directory browser for VMS NCSVSEARCH Search comma-separated-variable (CSV) data files NCTRL-Verify Toggle DCL command procedure verification on and off. NCURL CURL for OpenVMS NCVTLIS V3.5 Convert Compiler Listings back to Source Code NDATE Date Tools: Day of week; absolute date; Julian day NDBS-BUILD_LIBRARIES RTL used by DBS tools NDBS-ETHERWATCH Ethernet monitor NDBS-LATWATCH Local Area Transport (LAT) Protocol Network Sniffer NDBS-NETUTILS Utilities for Ethernet Network Monitoring NDBS-NULLSYMBIONT NLA0: symbiont NODSM Online Disk Space Monitor NDBS-PATCH file and disk patch utility NDBS-SCANLOCKS Find lock information NDBS-SYSRTL RTL used by DBS tools NDBS-TAPEUTILS tape dump and tape exerciser tools NDCL-EXPAND Self-Expanding DCL; lists; mail merges NDCLCOMPLETE Automatically complete filenames in DCL commands NDCLDBG Debugger for DCL command procedures NDCLKEYS Routines to define DCL keys from a program NDCL_CHECK Charlie Hammond's unsupported DCL checker NDCL_DATABASE A DCL Database NDCL_DIET Charlie Hammond's unsupported DCL dieter NDCLPATCH Patch DCL.EXE to allow more than 20 commands to be RECNDDCLIENT a Perl client for updating DynDNS information NDECNET DECnet Programming Examples NDECwindows_Cookbook DECwindows Documentation NDELIVER Programmable Message Delivery System for VMS MAIL NDELTREE Directory Tree Deletion NDFIND Assign logical names to a wildcarded file spec. NDIRUTL Directory PUSHD POPD and PEEKD Navigation NDISKBLOCK Editor amd performance tester for ODS and Foreign diskNDisk_Test Time disk operations with precision. NDISM32 OpenVMS VAX Disassembler NDISPATCH Sample code for writing privileged shareable images inNDIX A program to read/modify records in any RMS (seq/relatNDRLOGIN DECnet rlogin-like Remote Login NDTR_Rdb Datatrieve Rdb and System Management procedures. NDVIDVI dvi file repagination tool NDX Directory eXtension: VT-based Graphical Tools NED Portable EDT Editor Nemacs emacs 21.2.3 text editor port NEPM Extensible Performance Monitoring - Monitor disk I/Os NEPYT Backwards TYPE/PAGE (starts at the end of a file) NESET Set various attributes of a process that standard DCL NETHERMON Ethernet line activity monitor NEXECSYMB Executive Symbiont NDCL_Math DCL extended-precision muliply and divide NEXTRACT Extract records from VMS file Nezsave lightweight persistent objects for C++ NFAL An introduction to DECnet FAL Logging NFDEL Fast File Delete for OpenVMS Alpha Nfgrep GNU fgrep (file search and replace) for OpenVMS NFILE Utility for modifying file attributes. NFILES_INFO Shows Processes Holding a File Open NFIND Find files on a disk by searching the file headers NFLEX fast lexical analyzer generator for OpenVMS NFLIST File and Directory Manager NFLORIAN A File UNDELETE Utility for OpenVMS NFRAGMENT Displays Disk Fragmentation NFREE Display disk usage and free space summaries for mounteNFreeType the FreeType Font Engine Libary for TrueType Fonts NFREEWARE The Master OpenVMS Freeware README File NFREE_RSN Attempts to Unwedge a Process in Mutex Wait (MWAIT) NFTP_MIRROR Manage an FTP Mirror NFTP_NEW Tracks an FTP Site for File Changes NFTS do-everything utility for monitoring and controlling VNGAWK-DOC GNU awk V3.0.3 documentation NGAWK GNU awk for OpenVMS NGBLSEC$SDA a SDA extension to display info about a global sectionNGDChart chart creation library NLibGD C library for dynamic image creation NGETCMD Displays a DCL Command Recall Buffer NGETLKI displays information retrieved from SYS$GETLKI NGETUAI Extracts SYSUAF information into DCL Symbols NGLOGIN Assume Another User's Login Identity NGNM Generate Messages and SDML documentation NGNU-ispell GNU ispell spelling tool NGRAB An Enhanced SEARCH Utility NGNU grep fast file search and replace tool NGTM GT.M database and tools for OpenVMS (MUMPS) Ngzip-1-2-4 GNU zip file compression and decompression Ngzip-1-2-4b GNU zip file compression and decompression Ngzip-1-3-5-1 GNU zip file compression and decompression NGZIP-1_3_5-1 gzip file compression NHEADERS Header files used by Joe Meadows' C Code NHELP$ROUTINE Fortran API for Help Library Access NHEXIFY Convert to or from HEX (printable ASCII) file NHGFTP FTP client and server NHGLOGIN Assume Another User's Login Identity NHGSD Hunter's SD: Fancy SET DEFAULT NHINDEX Search an OpenVMS HELP library for keywords NHoffman_Examples Various C Source Code Examples NHPLASER VMS print symbiont for HP LaserJet printers NHPWD Portable C OpenVMS Password Hash (Purdy) NHTDIG Web search engine NHTTP_SERVER A DECthreads-based HTTP Web Server NICALC A portable infix calculator NICALCV a Portable Infix Calculator NIDEZR Programs to reset SCSI bus devices and other similar tNIMAGEMAGICK-6_2_8 The Imagemagick Graphics Suite NIMGID Display image ident information NInfoServer InfoServer Software NINTERNET-MENU DCL-based menu for access to Internet stuff NINVISIBLE Hides Interactive Process from SHOW USERS NItemlist OpenVMS Itemlist manipulation routines NJED a portable EMACS/EDT-like editor NJOBLOG Log terminal sessions using pseudo-terminals NJOB_DAEMON Watch disks for files to trigger batch jobs NJUMP Login as a different user without a password NKEYS Process-Permanent Action-key routines: OpenVMS TSRs NKFE Accessing Known Files via KFE Data Structures NKILL Cluster-Distributed Process Deletion NINTOUCH High-performance 4GL for OpenVMS VAX/AXP systems NVMSFAQ The OpenVMS Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) &Abstracts for Volume DISK$FREEWARE80_2 N000TOOLS Various Useful Tools NFREEWARE The Master OpenVMS Freeware README File NLABELS Tool to Resequence Macro32 Local Labels NLASER A PostScript printer symbiont for VMS NLAST Generate Last-Login Reports NLASTCMD Grab and Display Last Terminal Command NLAVDRIVER Load-Averaging Device Driver NLCK Use the VMS lock manager from DCL sans programming NLD Logical Disk Driver Nlibbz2 block-sorting compression/decompression library NLibImaging Image processing library NLibJPEG image (de)compression library using the JPEG standard Nlibpng Portable Network Graphics libraru for OpenVMS NLibPNG_JFP image (de)compression library using the Portable NetwoNlibsdl Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) for OpenVMS NLIBSEARCH a SEARCH command for OpenVMS libraries Nlibxml2 XML programming library and tools NLibxslt Libexslt Gnome XSLT XML transformations library NLIST maintain user information associated with a username NLISTEN listen to LAN and make a list of names and addresses NLNMLOOKUP System service to look up logical names NLNMTOOL Motif-based Logical Name Browsing Tool NLN$SDA a SDA extension to display logical names NLOGGER log terminal sessions using the FT pseudo-terminal driNLOGIN Fast LOGIN.COM for OpenVMS NLOGINOUT-HOOKS Postscript LOGINOUT-HOOKS Documentation NLOOK Fast File Viewer for OpenVMS NLOOP Execute a Command Repeatedly or Against Multiple FilesNLWW-DECWDISP Display Info Similar to SHOW DISPLAY NLWW-DIRSORT DIRECTORY command with sorting NLWW-DORMANT Display SYSUAF info about inactive users NLWW-FUNCT-KEYS Programs to Display Keymaps and to Define Function KeyNLWW-MODIFY-ATTRIB Modify File Attributes NLWW-NEXT-UIC Report First Free Member in a UIC Group NLWW-PERSONA-DECW Create DECterm under another user NLWW-PERSONA Log in as another user (a rewrite of GLOGIN) NLWW-REMTREE Deletes all subdirectories and files in a tree NLWW-REVERT Changes file version numbers of files in a directory NLWW-USERINFO Display user information from SYSUAF NLWW-UTC Motif UTC clock NLWW-VIEWXBM Motif XBM Bitmap Viewer NLWW-XMEASURE Measures Motif-based Windows NLYNX Text Web Browser NMAIL Joe Meadows's Callable MAIL Examples NMAILCOUNT Match MAIL$*.MAI external files with MAIL.MAI pointersNMAILSHR_MX_PATCH Patch VMS Mail to Eliminate Need for Internet TransporNMAILSYM Symbiont for mailing files to yourself via PRINT NMAILUAF Manages the system mail profile database VMSMAIL_PROFINMAILUAF_RLB View the system mail profile database VMSMAIL_PROFILE.NPROTO MAIL Protocol (Transport) Stubs Nmake GNU make v3.60 for VMS NMAKE-GNU_3-60 GNU make NMMK MMS-compatible make utility for VMS NMAKE-Perry make tool for OpenVMS VAX and OpenVMS AXP NMBMON Utility to capture messages written to a mailbox NMBOX Peek at mailbox messages without removing them NMBU Mailbox utility NMD5 RSA Data Security MD5 message-digest algorithm NMDMLIB Library of routines used by MadGoat Software products NMenu Joe Meadows's MENU utility NMFTU Mail File Transfer Utility for Text and Data Files NMGBOOK Extracts and Displays Text from Bookreader Files NMGPCX MadGoat PC Exchange: Microsoft Windows FAT Disk Tool NMG_FINGER MadGoat FINGER client and server for VMS NMLSEARCH Search VMS MAIL files and folders for strings NMLU021 Media Loader Utility (MLU) V2.1 NMODIFY Tool to Modify and Maintain ASCII text files (replace NMONMODE DCL equivalent of MONITOR MODES/SMP NMORE more and less tools for OpenVMS NMOSAIC The Mosaic Web Browser NMOST more and less file-paging programs for UNIX and VMS NMP Postscript Pretty Printer NMPEG_PLAY An MPEG (Movie File) Viewer for OpenVMS NMTX SCSI Tape Medium Changer Control Program NMWAIT Process Mutex-Wait Diagnostic Utility NMX-DIGEST Create digests for Message Exchange (MX) mailing listsNMXSUM Generate summaries from Message Exchange (MX) files NMySQL MySQL database for OpenVMS NNASM Portable Assembler for Intel IA-32 NNBS Synchronize System Time With NBS (NIST) Atomic Clock NNDS_VMSSERV Nick de Smith's DCL version of VMSSERV: a VMS file serNNETLIB V2.1B Library of Routines for TCP/IP Programming NNETLIB V2.2 Library of Routines for TCP/IP Programming NNETLIB V2.3 Library of Routines for TCP/IP Programming NNETLIB V2.4 Library of Routines for TCP/IP Programming NNewsletter TeX macros for producing newsletters NNEWSRDR NNTP News Reader Client for OpenVMS NNOPE Simulate a PURGE to see what would be deleted NNOTICE Display Notices at Login Time NNSQUERY Issue a name service query NObject Display OpenVMS VAX Object File Details NODS-2-READER-FOR-OSF-1 Read ODS-2 copy files on OSF/1 Unix NODS-2-READER Portable ODS-2 file structure reader NODS2 Portable ODS-2 file structure reader NOMI Oscar's (DCL) Menu Interface NosCommerce php Web eCommerce Storefront NVMSFAQ The OpenVMS Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) &Abstracts for Volume DISK$FREEWARE80_3 N000TOOLS Various Useful Tools NFREEWARE The Master OpenVMS Freeware README File NPACKASM Usenet News PACKASM (PACKage ASseMbler) Utility NPAKGEN Generate PAKs and License Software Applications NParalyze Terminal Lock and Automatic Logout Tool NPASLIB Library of Pascal Declarations for OpenVMS APIs NPASSWORD Save modify and restore user passwords NPBM_TEX Converts Public Bitmap (.PBM) files to TeX fonts NPcal Postscript-format Calendar Generator NPC_DCL A DCL-like command interpreter for Windows PCs NPDUMP Interprocess Forced Process Dump Tool NPERF_METER Motif-based graphical performance meter for OpenVMS NPerl/Tk Perl/Tk-804.026 for OpenVMS Nperl Perl (5.8.6) programming language NPERMANENT Define permanent DCL symbols NPFM Monitor system performance and alert anomolies. NPF$SDA a SDA extension to detetermine which processes are usiNphpBB php-based web bulletin board NphpBB Blog php-based web blog NPINE PINE NetNews and Mail Client NPOSTMAN Manage incoming mail via DELIVER NPPPD Point-to-Point Protocol Daemon for OpenVMS NPQM Print Queue Manager for Users and Operators NPRCPRV Grant privileges to another process NPRIVDCL Allow non-privileged execution of DCL procedures with NPROBE Alpha & VAX Ethernet monitor / statistics / capture / NProcessView Qt-based UI for SCADA applications tool NPROFILE Menu-based SYSUAF Management Tool NPROJECT Manage Project Access NPSTAT Display process status for all or selected processes NPSTOTEXT Extract Text from Postscript NPSUTILS Angus Duggan's PostScript Utilities NPWAIT$SDA a SDA extension to display info about a waiting procesNPython Python Language for OpenVMS NPython_JFP Python Language for OpenVMS NQLOGIN LOGINOUT-time display of run-time info NQUE_MON SMG print queue manager for OpenVMS NQUOTA DISKQUOTA info for users/devices under OpenVMS NRAMDRIVER RAM Disk Driver for OpenVMS VAX NRCARD Display Cardfiler Cards outside DECwindows NREMIND-DCL simple reminder system written in DCL NREMIND A simple reminder utility for OpenVMS NREMOTE Execute DCL commands on remote DECnet nodes NRF Apply DCL command(s) to multiple files NRMS_INTERFACE Comprehensive interface to RMS for HLLs NS-Lang C-like language interpreter to embed in C programs NSAFETY File system additions for OpenVMS NSamba Windows File and Print Services NSCAN4 DCL Command Output Scanning Facility NSCANUAF Search SYSUAF for accounts matching specified criteriaNSCREEN Load the output of a DCL command into an editor NSD Joe Meadows's SD simple SET DEFAULT NSDA_EXTENSIONS_DOC A manual for writing SDA callout extensions NSDCL Structured DCL compiler NSDL Data Structure/Interface Definition Language Nsed GNU sed text editor for OpenVMS NSEND Jnet-style message SEND tool NSESSION_NOTES TeX Macros for Presentation Session Notes NSETUP Per-user or per-login product setup manager NSETUSER Become Another User NSET_EXE Display or Modify Image DEBUG or Traceback Settings NSET_PRCNAM Set the process name for any process NSHELP screen-oriented interface to OpenVMS HELP NSHOWCUSERS Cluster-wide Graphical SHOW USERS NSHRCOMMON Subroutines to allow sharing of COMMON PSECTs among prNSHS Enhanced SHOW SYSTEM-like display NSIXEL_PRINT Converts SIXEL output to HP LaserJet graphics NSKL DECnet-Plus Show Known Links display NSLAVE Maintain a slave subprocess to execute background commNSLMOD Logical Name Searchlist Modification Utility NSMORE UN*X-like more command for DCL command output NSOCKETSHR TCP/IP product-independent BSD socket library NSPELL an OpenVMS Spell-Check Tool: DECUS SPELL NSPLOIN File splitting & joining tool NSPOP3_SRV OpenVMS POP3 Server (per RFC1939 and RFC2449) NSQuirrel_SQL_Client JDBC-based graphical SQL client NSTATUS Joe Meadows's monitor/finger/whatever NSTB Dump VAX STB Symbol Table Files NSTRINGS Search for Printable Characters Within a File NSUPERVISOR Monitor control and manage terminal sessions (SUPERVISNSWiM multi-session windowing terminal application for OpenVNSWISH-E Web page indexing tool NSwitch Extended Switch SD SET DEFAULT replacement NSYMBOL Sets Deletes and Shows Symbols across Processes NSYMBOLS Extract symbols from Object (OBJ) and Image (EXE) and NSYSALF Same as SYSMAN ALF -- only better NSYSLOGD OpenVMS port of syslogd and logger NSYSTEM_REPORT.COM Generates textual- and HTML configuration report NT4$UNIX_COLLECT Tru64 COLLECT data to T4 format. NTACC Using DCL to do time accumulations for a routine NTAIL Performs a Variation of TYPE/TAIL on a File NTAPE Fortran routines to manipulate tapes NTcl/Tk Tcl/Tk 8.0.5 for OpenVMS NTCPIPSYM TCP/IP Print Symbiont for OpenVMS NTerminals Periodic Terminal Usage Statistics NTESTDEV (VAX & Alpha) Disk exerciser and read-performance measNTIFF-3_8_2 library for manipulating tiff images NTIFF library for manipulating tiff images NTM Turing Machine Interpreter and Debugger NTNIMAGE-3_5_2-VMS Image Measurement and Analysis Tool NTO enhanced SET DEFAULT program NTPU-C-EXAMPLE DEC C source code example for calling TPU NTQE Display Timer Queue Entries (TQEs) NTRF-LIB$SEARCH lib$search - a C routine to simply calling $SEARCH NTRIM File processor similar to the ALL-IN-1 utility. NTSCON Communicate with DECserver terminal servers NINTOUCH High-performance 4GL for OpenVMS VAX/AXP systems NTurbo Locks OpenVMS VAX Images into Memory NUAF Searches UAF; dictionary-attack password-guessing toolNUNARJ Unpack PC .ARJ files under OpenVMS NUNMACRO OpenVMS VAX Interactive Disassembler NUNMESSAGE Decompile OpenVMS MESSAGE File Tables NUnrar Multi-format Archiving and Unarchiving Tool NUnZip Info-ZIP's portable UnZip version 5.52 NUUCODE UUENCODE and UUDECODE for OpenVMS NUUNUKE Kill a disconnected UUCP process NVAX_STRIPE_DRIVER Disk Striping Driver (RAID) for OpenVMS VAX NVDDRIVER 64 Virtual disk driver for OpenVMS Alpha NVDS_VAX Virtual Disk drivers for OpenVMS VAX NVERB Extract .CLD definitions of DCL verbs NVERSION Display version info for OpenVMS VAX images NViewFile Motif-based file viewer/browser NVILE VI-LIKE-EMACS text editor NVIRTUAL Enable/disable DISCONNECT setting on terminal templateNVMSFAQ The OpenVMS Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) NVMSTAR Read and Write Unix TAR archives NVMSTPCE Tape Copy that can Ignores Tape Errors NVNC333R1VMS010 VNCviewer for OpenVMS VAX and Alpha NVNC333R1VMS011 VNCviewer for OpenVMS VAX and Alpha NVOIT VMS Objects and Images Tools for Alpha and I64: shiml NVQM Visual Queue Manager for OpenVMS NVTfm OpenVMS File Manager for VT-series terminals NVTTEST VT100/VT220 Terminal/emulator test program NWatcher An Idle Terminal Monitor and Timeout/Logout Tool NWebware Python Web Development Suite NWho4VMS Unix-like who for OpenVMS VAX NX11KIT X11 R5 kits and utilities for OpenVMS NXautolock Automatically lock idle Motif sessions NXdvi X11 TeX DVI previewer for OpenVMS NXE Ethernet monitor NXfig and Transfig Xfig 2.1.6 and Transfig 2.1.6 for VMS Nzdec Zero Device Error Counts NZip Portable File Compression Tool Nzlib-1_2_3 zlib data compression library for OpenVMS Nzlib zlib data compression library for OpenVMS Nzlib_jfp compression and decompression library NZMENU Menu Utility NZoo Rahul Desi's ZOO V2.10 archive program NZT Serve tape drives over DECnet