In limited form these date back to the original CBASIC version of roadrunner. Running on CPM-80 in 1986.
This was followed by the first multi user version written using RMcobol-74 on concurrent CPM in 1988
In there current form these date from 1991, and the migration of Roadrunner from RMcobol-74 on Concurrent CPM. To RMcobol-85 on the then new IBM AIX operating system on the new IBM RS6000 model 320.
While a few of the previous utilities written in C were also relevant to early AIX systems, most of the administration was different. The administrative programs for UNIX systems are written mainly in Korn shell script, to aid in administering and using UNIX based systems with Roadtech software.
In there current form, the administration suite will run on the following platforms. There are some platform specific differences in the functionality.
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Extensive restructuring. Last release before changes 16/09/2009.
Lots of preliminary changes to hardware detection, and the provision of a BOS menu for Linux. This will not become a standard option until it has been well tested.
To test invoke RTadmin like this.
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Please report any issues found. It is particulary important that the software and hardware detection works correctly. Or the other bits to be added will not work.
Of particular importacne is that that the output from
Acuratly reflect the configuration of the hardware, and the installed software.
ImageLibrary support integrated.
Add EDI variables
| FTP_Import_FTP_List_Cmd | Command to use to list files on server. |
| EDI_Import_Local_Dir | Path to local directory. |
| FTP_Export_FTP_List_Cmd | Command to use to list files on server. |
| EDI_Export_Local_Dir | Path to local directory. |
Extensive restructuring. Last release before changes 06/04/2011.
Support added from 06/09/2011
Support added from 26/10/2011
AIX 5.3 install was shrinking files systems fixed 02/11/2011
Extensive restructuring. Last release before major changes 23/01/2012.
Edi framework pulled apart, restructured and rewritten.
New method "daemon"
This runs a COBOL program much like the method "program" The program is expected to handle the data transfer its self.
For the method "daemon" the COBOL program runs detached and monitors the system, roadrunner, and EDI flags its self. Only current programs that do this are the IBM WebSphere MQ routines. See Vinh, Maggey, or Issi.
Email warning if previouse EDI operation still running at next cron run.
Check routines modified to centralize the code to create rt.var and rr.var
lots of changes to display additional information in ShowImageLibrary ShowRoadtech
Support added from 09/03/2012
Support added support from 22/03/2012
Revised version of the wrapper script for converting print files, to PDF files. Takes a source file containing the ESCp escape sequences for an Epson printer, converts this first to PostScript then to PDF..
Additional trap, on users loging back in after being killed off....
Suppress output unless run from terminal with DEBUG enabled.
Fixes to device walk for loped/layred devices. DRBD over LVM for example.
5 new variables RT_RMuserMax,_RMuserReserved, RT_RMprogramReserved, RT_RMcurrentUsers, RT_RMcurrentReserved. Dispay value of RT_par2, RT_par2create, RT_par2repair.
Select writable path for logging. Log additional details.
Support for ext4 and GPT partions setup with parted.
Suport for CentOS 7.x and RHEL 7.x.
Fix detection of "mt" on Centos 7
EOL. Note a few fixes back ported after work on new version started.
FIX was reading wrong field in output from df on linux.
Page output from Show users current dataset, (dataset menu option 8)
Display value for RT_rundir.
Create RT_rundir as a full path if missing.
1998 saw our move to Shenley, and the start of a move to more of a client, server model. With increasing use of network connections, and servers.
Clients connect to the roadrunner server via an INET service.
First draft of a graphical client, using Visual Basic, and the RMcobol vangui connector. Client makes a TCPIP network connection using the tcp transport to port 9001.
Roadrunner Professional GUI. A revamped and extended Visual Basic client connecting to PRGO.COB running as an inetd service on port 9001
B2B services implemented as an inetd services on port 9002.
A inetd service on port 9003 on a Roadrunner Professional server. Used by our hosted consignment tracking solution to fetch job details from Roadrunner.