See the accompanying USGS Open-File Report 2005-1424, libvaxdata: VAX Data Format Conversion Routines, for a description of the libvaxdata routines, with sample C and Fortran code and compilation instructions. There is a readme.txt file with compilation and link instructions for each platform that has been tested, in a directory named for the platform (linux, macos9, macosx, solaris, tru64, vms, and win32). Lawrence M. Baker U.S. Geological Survey 22 November 2005