FTP a custom DODS binary tar file

What to do once the transfer is complete

Once transfer is complete, move the tar file to the directory where you would like to put the DODS root directory. Some likely choices are /usr/local/, /usr/local/src/, your home durectory, ... Note that the DODS root directory itself will be created automatically. Now expand the tar file using `#comptool# -d -c #tar-file# | tar -xf -'. This will create a small directory tree with clients in the `bin' subdirectory, libraries in `lib' and servers in `etc' and third-party software in `packages'.

The DODS/ and DODS/etc/ directories will contain several README and INSTALL files depending on what software you have requested. These will contain information and directions for installing the DODS software. All the README and INSTALL files for DODS are also available on the web.

Notes:

• If the tar file is empty (zero bytes in size), or if after transfer you notice that something you requested is not in the tar file, please contact us. In the first case there is probably something wrong with our archive of software. In the second case we may not have binaries for part of the system for your platform; if you contact us we will try to make those binaries available.

• We do not have the facilities to build the DSP servers for all of our supported platforms. Currently, the DSP servers are available only for the Dec Alpha and SGI platforms.

• In order to run the newer DODS servers, gzip must be accessible to the server filter programs. The easiest way to ensure this is to put a copy of gzip in DODS_ROOT and/or in the cgi-bin directory. This is necessary because the filter programs are run as children of httpd and consequently have a limited search PATH which often does not include the directory that contains gzip. If you need a copy of gzip for your platform, use the link below.

Getting GNU gzip

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