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	FILE AVINST.DOC

	SEARCH THE LIST OF AVAILABLE SOFTWARE

	PETE SCHILLING   ALCOA TECHNICAL CENTER   DECEMBER, 1974

	INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
	-------------------------

		THE FOLLOWING FILES ARE SUPPLIED ON THE DEC-TAPE FOR
	THE INDEX OF AVAILABLE SOFTWARE:

	AVAIL .F4	MAIN PROGRAM AND SUBROUTINES WHICH SEARCH
			   THE INDEX AND PRINT THE RESULTS.
	CSPMAN.F4	SUBROUTINES TO COMPARE, MOVE, AND FILL
			   CHARACTER STRINGS.
	AVCLNR.F4	PROGRAM TO REMOVE DUPLICATE ENTRIES
			   AND NON-INDEXED WORDS FROM THE INDEX
			   FILE, AND TO PREPARE A FREQUENCY LIST OF
			   INDEX TERMS.
	PROGMS.STP	NON-INDEXED TERMS.
	PROGMS.ALL	LIST OF AVAILABLE SOFTWARE, INCLUDING
			   MOST OF THE DECUS LIBRARY AND THE IBM
			   SCIENTIFIC SUBROUTINE PACKAGE.
	PROGMS.IDX	INDEX OF AVAILABLE SOFTWARE.
	AVAIL .DOC	PROGRAM MAINTENANCE DOCUMENTATION. 
	AVAIL .HLP	HELP FILE.
	AVAIL .FIL	DESCRIPTION OF FILE LAYOUTS.
	AVSORT.CCL	COMMAND FILE FOR SORTING INDEX FILE. 
	AVINST.DOC	INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS (THIS FILE).

	ALL OF THE ABOVE FILES EXCEPT CSPMAN.REL ARE ASCII FILES,
	AND CAN BE PRINTED OR TYPED.

		TO INSTALL THE PACKAGE, PROCEED AS FOLLOWS:

		FIRST, RECOVER ALL FILES FROM THE SUPPLIED DEC-TAPE
	WITH A "FILE R,AVAIL,*.*" COMMAND TO THE MONITOR.

		NEXT, EDIT THE FILES AS FOLLOWS, USING TECO:

	AVAIL.HLP - AT LINE 32, SHOW THE NAME OF YOUR PROGRAM
		LIBRARY CONTACT PERSON.
	AVAIL.F4  - MAIN PROGRAM - AT LINE 56, SHOW THE NAME OF YOUR
		PROGRAM LIBRARY CONTACT PERSON.
		  - AVINST SUBROUTINE - AT LINE 55, SHOW THE NAME
		OF YOUR PROGRAM LIBRARY CONTACT PERSON.
		  - AVINDX SUBROUTINE - AT LINE 20, SHOW THE PROJECT,
		PROGRAMMER NUMBER UNDER WHICH FILE PROGMS.IDX
		WILL BE STORED.
		  - AVRSLT SUBROUTINE - AT LINE 30, SHOW THE PROJECT,
		PROGRAMMER NUMBER UNDER WHICH FILE PROGMS.ALL
		WILL BE STORED.
		  - AVSTOP SUBROUTINE - AT LINE 17, SHOW THE PROJECT,
		PROGRAMMER NUMBER UNDER WHICH FILE PROGMS.STP
		WILL BE STORED.
	AVCLNR.F4  - AT LINES 32 AND 35, SHOW THE PROJECT,
		PROGRAMMER NUMBER UNDER WHICH THE UPDATED COPIES
		OF THE INDEX FILE WILL BE STORED.
	PROGMS.ALL - CHANGE THE FILE STRUCTURE AND PROJECT, PROGRAMMER
		NUMBERS ON WHICH THE DECUS LIBRARY AND THE SCIENTIFIC
		SUBROUTINE PACKAGE FILES RESIDE.  IN THE VERSION OF
		FILE PROGMS.ALL WHICH IS SUPPLIED ON THE DEC-TAPE,
		THE STRUCTURE IS "DSKD:" AND THE PROJECT, PROGRAMMER
		NUMBERS ARE [5,3] FOR DECUS LIBRARY TAPE 1, [5,4]
		FOR DECUS LIBRARY TAPE 2, AND [5,5] FOR THE
		SCIENTIFIC SUBROUTINES.

		NEXT, GIVE THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS TO THE MONITOR:

	.COMPILE /F10 AVAIL,CSPMAN,AVCLNR

	.R FUDGE2
	*AVCLNR.REL=AVCLNR.REL,AVAIL.REL<AVSTOP>/A$
	*^C

	.LOAD /REL AVAIL,CSPMAN

	.SAVE AVAIL

	.LOAD /REL AVCLNR,CSPMAN

	.SAVE AVCLNR

		COPY FILES AVAIL.SAV, PROGMS.ALL, PROGMS.IDX,
	PROGMS.STP, AND AVAIL.HLP INTO THE AREA WHERE THEY WILL BE
	STORED, WITH APPROPRIATE PROTECTION CODES.

		FINALLY, TRY A SAMPLE RUN OF THE PROGRAM.  THE
	OUTPUT FROM ONE SUCH RUN IS SHOWN ON THE NEXT PAGE.

		TO ADD AN ITEM TO THE LIST OF AVAILABLE SOFTWARE AND
	THE INDEX, PROCEED AS FOLLOWS:
	1.  PREPARE A ONE-LINE TITLE FOR THE ITEM.
	2.  SELECT SEVERAL KEYWORDS UNDER WHICH YOU WANT IT INDEXED.
	3.  ASSIGN THE ITEM A NUMBER, FOR ENTRY IN FILE PROGMS.ALL.
	4.  USING TECO, EDIT THE ITEM INTO FILE PROGMS.ALL IN THE
		PROPER NUMERIC POSITION.  SEE FILE AVAIL.FIL FOR
		A DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORD LAYOUTS.
	5.  USING TECO, EDIT THE INDEX TERMS INTO FILE PROGMS.IDX.
	IF SEVERAL SOFTWARE ITEMS ARE BEING ADDED AT ONE TIME, IT MAY
	BE FASTER TO ADD ALL OF THE INDEX TERMS TO THE END OF FILE
	PROGMS.IDX AND THEN TO SORT IT.  SORT COMMAND FILE AVSORT.CCL
	FACILITATES THIS.