E881 Mapmanager Tools

There are several scripts and programs availble to aid in the management of the map files:

881_map_define

Sets up symbolic links to the various ../maps/"prefix"*.map files.

backmaps "prefix"

Copies the current *_map files into ../maps/"prefix"*_map. The prefix should have the form "ddmmmyy" (eg, 02dec93 -- use all lower case and a 2-digit day and year!).

copymaps "prefix_source" "prefix_destination"

Copies ../maps/"prefix_source"*_map files to ../maps/"prefix_destination"*_map files. The prefix should have the form "ddmmmyy" (eg, 02dec93 -- use all lower case and a 2-digit day and year!).

defmaps "prefix"

Remakes the script ../bin/881_map_define (used by all other scripts to set up the correct symbolic links to the maps) to define the maps' symbolic links to point to a set of maps created with the backmaps or copymaps command. The prefix should have the form "ddmmmyy" (eg, 02dec93 -- use all lower case and a 2-digit day and year!).

maps_to_vax "prefix" "e881 password"

Copies ../maps/"prefix"*_map to the e881 account on bnlhep by first converting the maps to ascii text, shipping them over and finally converting them into VAX format. The ascii maps are written to the files ../maps/"prefix"*_ascii_map. The prefix should have the form "ddmmmyy" (eg, 02dec93 -- use all lower case and a 2-digit day and year!). e881 password is the VAX password for the e881 account. The entire proccess takes over two hours .