MARKWARDT IDL PROGRAMS INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Craig Markwardt craigm@cow.physics.wisc.edu 31 Jan 2000 The following instructions apply to all functions and procedures included in the Markwardt IDL library. DOWNLOADING Download new versions of from Craig Markwardt's web page: http://cow.physics.wisc.edu/~craigm/idl/idl.html Program modification dates appear on the web page, which you can compare agains your own copy. You can also check the modification history of the file itself to see how recent it is. COMPATIBILITY All programs are intended to be compatible with both Unix, Windows and MacIntosh versions of IDL, unless otherwise noted. If you are downloading archive, then the most suitable archive file type can be found from this chart, depending on your operating system: Windows ZIP archive (must have unzipping utility) MacIntosh ZIP archive (must have unzipping utility) Unix TAR or ZIP archive (must have gunzip or unzip utility) INSTALLATION Program files should be placed in your IDL PATH. You may either copy them to an existing directory in your path, or else create a new directory for them to reside in. Please see your IDL documentation for instructions on how to add directories to your IDL path. You may read the individual program's documentation, stored with the program itself, for more information on usage. If the files you downloaded came in an archive, you must unarchive them. It is recommended that you unarchive them into a separate directory for convenience's sake. For Windows and MacIntosh systems, you should use an appropriate unzipping utility to expand the ZIP archive you downloaded. For Unix systems, you should use one of the following commands, whichever is appropriate: gzip -dc .tar.gz | tar xvf - (for TAR file; or...) unzip .zip (for ZIP file) where is the name of the archive you downloaded. IDL is a registered trademark of RSI