STAR Offline Software Tutorial - 7/24/98

Kathy Turner, BNL

• This talk is a summary of STAR offline software tutorial WWW pages which is at:
  /STAR/comp/train/tutorials.html
• Today I will explain structure of offline software and how to run it in STAF
• Tomorrow I can show an example of writing your own package and putting it into STAF - if desired
• I am NOT going to explain what's in code or tables --> just how to RUN it!

I Will Cover

• How to setup the STAR computing environment - here
• Environment Variables - here
• Which software version to run - here
• Which machine and disk you should use - here
• basic cvs commands - here
• intro to STAF here
• release policy - here
• release status (98e) - here
• offline directory structure here
• software packages - directory structure here
• types and locations of kumacs here
• currently available kumacs here
• table directory structure in STAF here
• details of bfc.kumac here
• example ways to run bfc.kumac here
• running STAF with bfc.kumac here
• what to do with the results here
• results of running bfc.kumac in STAF here
• how to create or edit an existing package here
• examples of how to write a pam
  - not implemented yet

STAR Collaboration Meeting 7/98                     Kathy Turner, BNL                     Offline Software Tutorials