Installation Hints

Linux, Irix, OSX

• Install the package in a suitable directory (e.g. /apps).
• The programs can now be started in a shell window with the command, e.g.:
  /apps/moloc/bin/Moloc
• To customize, you can set an alias in the .cshrc (or .logon) file, e.g.:
  alias mx '/apps/camm/moloc/bin/Moloc \!* &'
  This will enable you to start Moloc on a C-shell with the command 'mx'.
• Alternatively or in addition, you may extend the path to include the moloc/bin directory with the following line in the .cshrc file:
  set path = ($path /apps/moloc/bin)
  Now, you can start any program in the moloc/bin directory by just typing its name into a C-shell. The program will run in the foreground unless you terminate the command with a '&' letter, e.g.:
  Moloc -d my_structures.sd &

Windows

• Install the package in a suitable directory (e.g. C:\apps).
• Start any program from a CMD-shell with the command, e.g.:
  C:\apps\moloc\bin\Moloc
  
• Start a program by double clicking its program ikon in the file explorer.
  In this case a new, temporary CMD-shell opens which disappears again on program termination.
  A disadvantage of this procedure is that the current directory is the moloc/bin directory itself.
• To customize, you may generate a shortcut on the desktop with the target: C:\apps\moloc\bin\Moloc.exe
  Now you can modify the directory in which the program starts by modifying the properties of the shortcut, in particular the item 'Start in:' on the pane 'Shortcut'.
  Now Moloc starts in the desired directory by double-clicking this desktop ikon.
• To start Moloc in the background, an example file, Moloc.bat, is provided, which is found in the moloc directory.
  Move this file to the C:\Windows (C:\WinNT) directory (which is in the path) to be able to start Moloc in a CMD-shell with the command: moloc
  Of course, you will have to edit the file in case the moloc path is different from C:\apps\moloc\bin. If the path contains blanks, make shure to put it in double quotes properly, e.g.:
  start /B C:\"Program Files"\moloc\bin\Moloc.exe %1 %2 (start /B "C:\Program Files\moloc\bin\Moloc.exe" %1 %2 will not work in Windows XP!)
  
• If the moloc directory is located on a server the path in shortcuts or .bat files must, of course, include the server.