[VAX83C.FDMP]AAAREADME.TXT

		FDMP

	This submission contains a program that will dump and edit
VAX FORTRAN unformatted data files.  It will work on SEGMENTED files,
VARIABLE files, or files with FIXED length records.  There is no
limit on the record size the program will handle.  This program will
also convert files from one type to another (e.g., fixed length
records into variable length records).  The editing capability is
quite limited, but it is handy for changing a few values here and
there.

	The records of the file are dumped in a user-specified format.
Any record range may be dumped in binary, octal, ascii, single-precision
double-precision, hex, word, unsigned, signed, etc.  Each record may
contain any of the above formats.

	The program also has a search command to scan the file for 
values.  The program has an on-line help feature also.  This requires
that the help file FDMPHELP.HLB be put in the system directory SYS$HELP.

	For full details on this program, see the FDMP.MEM file.

			N O T I C E

	The sources included with the program do not exemplify the
greatest of coding technique, nor the most thorough knowledge of
LIB$TPARSE or even RMS.  The program does work though, at least as
far as I know.

	If you have any comments or questions (or even bugs), I would
like to know about them.  I will try and support the program as time
permits.  

			Kenneth A. Randell
			Star Technologies, Inc.
			101 International Drive
			Sterling, VA  22170