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- $Header: /usr/people/sam/tiff/RCS/HOWTO,v 1.14 1994/07/26 17:11:05 sam Exp $
-
- How To Obtain This Software (in case all you get is this file)
-
- The software is available for public ftp on
- sgi.com graphics/tiff/v3.3.src.tar.Z
- (192.48.153.1)
-
- For example,
- % ftp -n sgi.com
- ....
- ftp> user anonymous
- ... <type in password>
- ftp> cd graphics/tiff
- ftp> binary
- ftp> get v3.3.src.tar.Z
-
- In general, the latest version of the 3.3 release of the software is
- always available as "v3.3.src.tar.Z" in the ftp directory. This file
- is a link to the appropriate released version (so don't waste your time
- retrieving the linked file as well!) Any files of the form v3.3.patch*
- are shell scripts that can be used to patch older versions of the
- source code. For example, the file v3.3.patch-1 would contain patches
- to update v3.3.src.tar.Z. Patch files only work to go between
- consecutive versions, so if you are multiple versions behind the latest
- release, you will need to apply each patch file between your current
- version and the latest.
-
-
- Obtaining the Software by Electronic Mail
- -----------------------------------------
- Do not send me requests for the software; they will be ignored (without
- response). If you cannot use FTP at all, there is a service called
- "ftpmail" available from decwrl.dec.com: you can send e-mail to
- this machine and it will use FTP to retrieve files for you and send you
- the files back again via e-mail. To find out more about the ftpmail
- service, send a message to "ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com" whose body
- consists of the single line "help".
-
-
- What to do Once You've Retrieved Stuff
- --------------------------------------
- The software comes in a compressed tar file. To extract the
- information:
-
- zcat v3.3.src.tar.Z | tar xf -
-
- (uncompress and extract individual files in current directory).
-
- There is also a companion compressed tar file, v3.0pics.tar.Z
- that has sample TIFF image files. These are mostly useful in
- testing the software if/when you port it to an unsupported system.
-
-
- TIFF Mailing List
- -----------------
- A mailing list for users of this software is located on sgi.com.
- If you want to join this mailing list or have a list-related request
- such as getting your name removed from it, send a request to
-
- tiff-request@sgi.com
-
- For example, to subscribe, send the line "subscribe" in the body of
- your message. The line "help" will return a list of the commands
- understood by the mailing list management software.
-
- Submissions (including bug reports) should be directed to:
-
- tiff@sgi.com
-
- When corresponding about this software please always specify what
- version you have and what system you're running on.
-