in the 'ASIS tree' of the CERN cell.
A copy of the binaries and libraries (but not the sources) is made
each night onto an NFS server.
The recommended way to access these applications at CERN is to use AFS. When you install the AFS client software on your workstation or local server, you will normally also install a script called 'make_asis' which will be run each night to create links in your /usr/local/bin directory to the applications available on ASIS.
If for some reason you can't install the AFS client software, you can access ASIS via NFS. For more information refer to ``ASIS: The Installer's Guide'' available from the UCO, or alternatively contact P. Defert (defert@dxcern.cern.ch).
The list below is a selection of some of the most commonly used applications. It is far from complete.
CERN Program Librarycernlib - access standard libraries such as PACKLIB, MATHLIB, GRAFLIB
paw - visualisation of experimental data
fatmen - distributed file and tape management system
CERN-Specific Utilities
phone - display phone book entries from central server
mosaic - World Wide Web hypertext browser for workstations
emdir - electronic mail address directory
Public Domain and GNU Software
The list of available public domain and GNU software is very long. Below we list some of those most
commonly used at CERN.
emacs - GNU project Emacs
pine - an electronic mail processing system
ghostview - View PostScript documents using ghostscript
perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language
tcsh - C shell with file name completion and command line editing
TeX Software A lot of TeX/LaTeX related software is available. Information about TeX can be found in
``TeX at CERN - The Local Guide'', available at the UCO. The most commonly used programs
are listed below.
latex - text formatting and typesetting
dvips - convert a TeX DVI file to PostScript
xdvi - DVI Previewer for the X Window System
makeindex - a general purpose, formatter-independent index processor
X11 Software
A full distribution of X11 (Release 4 & 5) software from MIT.
x3270 - IBM remote host access tool
xlock - Locks the local X display until a password is entered.