Preliminary remarks

This Complete Reference of the CSPACK system, consists of four parts:

1. An overview of the system.
2. A step by step tutorial introduction to the system.
3. A reference guide, describing each command in detail.
4. An installation and management guide.

The CSPACK system is implemented on various mainframes and personal workstations. In particular, versions exist for IBM VM/CMS, VAX/VMS and various Unix-like platforms, such as APOLLO, Cray, DECstation 3100, IBM RS6000, Silicon Graphics, MIPs and SUN.

This document has been produced using LaTeX [1] with the CERNMAN style option. All pictures shown are produced with PAW and are included in PostScript [2] format in the manual. Throughout this manual, commands to be entered are underlined