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- HOW TO FIND THINGS IN THE ADA SOFTWARE REPOSITORY ON SIMTEL20
-
- The contents of the Ada Software Repository are organized in a
- number of different ways to make finding software and documentation
- easier for the user of the repository. The following summarizes the
- information sources.
-
-
- WELCOME MESSAGE
-
- The Welcome Message is a text file which is sent to all new
- subscribers to the ADA-SW electronic mailing list. This message
- contains introductory material on the Ada Software Repository, the
- operation and use of the Ada Software Repository, and the Defense Data
- Network. The Welcome Message is stored in PD2:<ADA.GENERAL>WELCOME.DOC.
-
-
- SIMPLE DIRECTORY DISPLAYS
-
- FTP can provide most users with a directory display of all
- files in any of the archives in the Ada Software Repository. See the
- following files for more information:
-
-
- PD2:<ADA.GENERAL>ADAREPOS.DOC
- -- general info on repository contents
- PD2:<ADA.GENERAL>AAREAD.ME
- -- archive structures
- PD2:<ADA.GENERAL>DIRLIST.DOC
- -- list of subdirectories
- PD2:<ADA.GENERAL>FTPDIST.DOC
- PD2:<ADA.GENERAL>FTP.DOC
- PD2:<ADA.GENERAL>FTP1.DOC
- PD2:<ADA.GENERAL>FTP2.DOC
- -- introduction to FTP and file transfer
-
-
-
- ONLINE DOCUMENTATION SYSTEM
-
- The directory PD2:<ADA.ONLINE-DOC> contains the source code (in
- Ada), instructions, and data base for the online documentation system.
- You can copy all of these files over to your host computer, compile
- the programs, and then run them to query the data base, which gives
- you data on each directory in the repository. This data includes a
- brief description of the directory, a listing of its contents with
- file sizes, and descriptions of each program and piece of software in
- the directory. The data base may be copied from SIMTEL20 from time to
- time as more software is added to the repository.
-
-
- NEWSLETTERS
-
- Newsletters are available in electronic form and placed in the
- directory PD2:<ADA.NEWS>. They are also available in hardcopy form.
- See the file PD2:<ADA.GENERAL>NEWSLTR.DOC for details.
-
-
- MASTER INDEX
-
- A Master Index of all software and information in the Ada
- Software Repository is a 300+ page loose-leaf book is updated
- periodically as the repository grows. See the file
- PD2:<ADA.GENERAL>INDEX.DOC for details.
-
-
- PROLOGUE FILES
-
- Each piece of software has an associated PROLOGUE file of type
- PRO (eg, SAFEIO.PRO) which contains the Ada Software Repository
- standard header. See the file PD2:<ADA.GENERAL>PROLOGUE.DOC for more
- information.
-
-
- GENERAL
-
- The files in PD2:<ADA.GENERAL> contain information on what is
- in the Ada Software Repository, how to access and use the Ada Software
- Repository, and other items of interest to the community.
-
-
- TELEPHONE ASSISTANCE
-
- Questions about the Ada Software Repository may be answered by
- contacting the support contractor; see the file PD2:<ADA.GENERAL>ASRSUPP.DOC
- for details.