IBM alphaWorks has posted a PortingManager, a free tool that simplifies the porting of C and C++ applications from Solaris to Linux, ensuring fast deployment of applications to the Linux platform. This porting tool provides valuable assistance at no charge as an alphaWorks non-open source download.

PortingManager includes a GUI that displays a work area window where the user selects a source code directory tree to scan. The tool will then scan the source code and automatically identify Solaris APIs that may be incompatible with Linux. It provides Linux solutions for these incompatibilities, either in the form of API replacements or suggested work-arounds using coding examples.

PortingManager is useful when porting Solaris applications to Linux on any platform. But if a redesign or coding work-around is required, many of the examples provided are specific to Linux on IBM's zSeries systems.

 
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