CDAWlib CDF data reading, plotting and listing software written in IDL. UNIX Installation Instructions: ------------------------------ The distribution bundle for this software is provided in several different forms. Please use one of the following that is suitable for your system and its utilities: (1) a "tar.Z" file compressed with the "compress" utility, (2) a "tar.gz" file compressed using Gnu "gzip", and (3) an uncompressed "tar" file. To uncompress 'CDAWlib.tar.Z' use this command: uncompress CDAWlib.tar.Z To uncommpress 'CDAWlib.tar.gz' use this command: gzip -d CDAWlib.tar.gz In either case the resulting file will be named 'CDAWlib.tar'. Then use the "tar" command to extract the source files. This will expand the CDAWlib source tree into your current working directory, so you may wish to make a subdirectory first in order to contain it. For example: mkdir ./CDAWlib ; or somewhere in your IDL_PATH area cd ./CDAWlib The syntax for the `tar' command is different on some flavors of UNIX. For most UNIX systems (and the POSIX shell) use... tar -xvof CDAWlib.tar For the IBM-RS6000/AIX use... tar -x -v -f CDAWlib.tar After this, the CDAWlib IDL routines should be available from within IDL. Before starting an IDL session, make sure the directory where you installed CDAWlib is accessible through the IDL_PATH environment variable. The directory can either be added explicitly to this variable, or by prefixing a higher-level directory with the '+' sign, it can be made accessible implicitly. (See the IDL documentation for more about how this variable is used.) From within IDL, compile the CDAWlib software using this command: @compile_cdaweb For more information about CDAWlib and some of its key routines, consult the website: http://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/CDAWlib.html