Contents of the PADE Package



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Contents of the PADE Package

 

The PADE package is supplied as a tar file, nist_pade.1.0.x.tar.gz, that has been compressed with the GNU gzip utility. The package can be obtained by following the instructions on the PADE WWW page

http://physics.nist.gov/ResOpp/hpcc/pade.html
For those without access to a WWW browser, the PADE package can be obtained by anonymous ftp at
ftp://gams.nist.gov/pub/pade/nist_pade.1.0.x.tar.gz
Unpacking this file creates a directory structure that is depicted in Fig. 2.1. This directory structure consists of the top directory (entitled nist_pade) and four subdirectories pade, caml_utils, pade_doc, and examples.

The top nist_pade directory contains the following three (ASCII) files.

The rest of the PADE package has four principal components:
  1. PADE Interface - A set of Tcl/Tk scripts that together implement the graphical user environment of PADE. These scripts are contained in the pade subdirectory.

  2. Pvmmake and NIST CAML utilities - Pvmmake is a PVM program written in C that performs the essential file transfer and compilation functions of PADE. The utilities pvmstat, pvmtidy, and padeinituser perform various PVM-related housekeeping functions within PADE. These programs were developed by staff members of the Computing and Applied Mathematics Laboratory (CAML) at NIST. They are located in the caml_utils subdirectory.

  3. The NIST PADE User's Manual - This document is provided in both PostScript and ASCII paper formats as well as an HTML version that is accessible from PADE Help menu. These documents are located in the pade_doc subdirectory.

  4. PADE Examples - A set of sample files to aid the user in following the manager/worker example described in this manual. A PADE setup script that must the edited by the user is also included. These files are found in the examples subdirectory.
When the file is successfully unpacked, the PADE source code will occupy the directory structure depicted below.

  
Figure 2.1: The PADE directory structure



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