Installing FunnelWeb

At this stage you should have a fwdir directory tree somewhere in your file system. Its contents should be almost identical to the directory contents specified earlier in this chapter except there should now be an additional binary executable file sitting in the scripts directory.

To make FunnelWeb available to users, you should:

1. Make the entire directory tree readable to all users.

2. Move the binary executable from the scripts directory to the admin directory or copy it to somewhere convenient such as a /bin directory.

3. Set up a symbol, path, or command of some kind by the name of fw that ``points'' to the binary executable. If possible, set this up so that the fw symbol is available to all users. Alternatively, you can inform interested users of how they can add a command to their login command file to make the command available to them.

If you are short of disk space or have a system that is stressed in some other way, it may be of assistance to you to know that FunnelWeb has been constructed so that its binary executable is totally self contained. The binary executable does not rely on any other files to operate. Nor does it care about its position in the file system. In fact, all that is really required to use FunnelWeb is the binary executable and the FunnelWeb User's Manual. Thus, if you are short of disk space, you can move the binary executable to your ``/bin'' directory and delete the entire FunnelWeb tree. However, making the tree available to users is encouraged because:

• It allows users to copy the tree and install it on another machine without bothering you.

• It allows users access to the TEX code for the FunnelWeb User's Manual and the FunnelWeb Hacker's Manual.

• It allows users access to the regression test suite. This may not seem important, but it could be very convenient for the user as the ex* and hi* files of the regression test suite contain most of the examples from the FunnelWeb User's Manual. By making them available you will save users the trouble of typing them in.

Finally, you should fill in and send off a FunnelWeb registration form. This allows me to get a handle on the size and needs of the user base, and you to be kept informed of new FunnelWeb releases (optional). See Section 5.4 for more information.