ALPHA on ALWS

Since version 122, ALPHA is not maintained any more on type VAX machines. All what follows refers to AXP machines only. Since the same version, there is no correction file any more: all modified routines are directly put into the binary library.

Most files needed to run ALPHA on ALWS are in the PHY directory:

ALEPH$GENERAL:[PHY]

• ALPHA source code:

  Since August 1996, ALPHA is maintained under CVS. The reference source code of ALPHA subroutines can be found as CVS files with name XXXXX.F in subdirectories of:

  ALIBROOT:[000000.PHY.ALPHAvsn]

  The relevant subdirectories for subroutines are: PACK, UTIL, QFN, ENFL, QVS, QLEP, QPI0, NANO.

  For the sample user routines QUINIT, QUEVNT, QUTERM, the subdirectory is PACK.

  For include files (QCDE,QMACRO,QDECL,QHAC) the subdirectory is INC.

• Fortran files, if you still want to use them:

  PHY:QUUSER.FOR

  Fortran code of the routines

  QUINIT,QUEVNT,QUTERM

  (model routines which have to be filled)

• Include files for Fortran:

  PHYINC:QCDE.INC

  PHYINC:QDECL.INC

  PHYINC:QHAC.INC

  PHYINC:QMACRO.INC

• ALPHA binary libraries:

  PHY:ALPHAvsn.OLB

  ALPHA binary library.

  PHY:ALPHAvsn_D.OLB

  with /DEBUG option.

• ALPHA card file (sample)

  PHY:ALPHA.CARDS

• ALPHARUN command file (see Ch. 2)

  PHY:ALPHARUN.COM

  options stored in ALFPARAM.OPTB (by default)

  ALPHARUN is invoked directly by typing alpharun. It allows to build an ALPHA job, either interactive or BATCH, and links automatically the user's program with all necessary libraries (ALPHA, BOS, ALEPHLIB, JULIA, CERNLIB).

  ALPHARUN also facilitates the use of a set of debugger command files which simplify ALPHA program debugging.

  Examples

  EXAMINE IW(512:515)

  Standard VAX debug command; to be used for all Fortran variables and arrays.

  EVALUATE LMHLEN

  LMHLEN is a parameter and NOT a variable; use EVA instead of EXA.

  QP(ITK)

  Debugger commands are defined for almost all mnemonic symbols which have one or more arguments (see Ch. 6). In this context, ``QP'' is a debugger command which has to be followed by the same argument(s) (given as numbers or variable names) as the mnemonic symbol QP in Fortran.

• ALPHA documentation and News

  ALEPH$GENERAL:[PHY.DOC]ALGUIDE.PS

  PostScript file to print the present document

  ALEPH$GENERAL:[PHY.DOC]ALGUIDE.TEX

  L^ATEX source for this document

  PHY:ALPHAvsn.NEWS

  Description of changes in ALPHA version vsn

  PHY:ALPHA.VERSIONS

  Short description of the various versions of ALPHA and related ALEPHLIB / MINI versions