Art Kagels utils2a_ak package
Benji Long asked how to start using Art Kagel's utils2_ak package. Art explained: download the gzipped shell archive, gunzip it, run it with ksh or bash to unpack, read README.1st and Buildit, then run make (trivial on Linux) and set INSTALLDIR for make install. Clive Eisen added that the dostats binary, run as dostats -d database, works out what is best. Benji planned to try it.
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Hi, does anyone have a document prepared with steps and explanation of how to work with Art Kagels utils2a_ak package? I logged in there, and have no idea where to even start. What is it? What are the steps to get using it?
Benji: To get the package just go to the URL I gave you and click the button that says "Download the latest UTILS2_AK Package". Once you have the file it is a gzipped shell archive. Uncompress it with "gunzip utils2_ak.gz" then unpack the file by executing it with ksh or bash "ksh utils2_ak" in a subdirectory where you want to install the package. When the package unpacks it will offer to display the README.1st file describing its contents and the Buildit file which tells you how to build the package. Building it on Linux is trivial, just type "make". (On other platforms you may have to modify the make files, but that is described in the Buildit file.) The make file is capable of installing the executables, but you will have to edit it to change the INSTALLDIR variable to the path under which you want the executables to be copied - then just type "make install". If after unpacking the archive and reading instructions you have any trouble, let me know. Art Art S. Kagel, President and Principal Consultant ASK Database Management www.askdbmgt.com Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves. On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 4:53 AM, BENJI LONG <ruggedmouse@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi, does anyone have a document prepared with steps and explanation of how > to > work with Art Kagels utils2a_ak package? > > I logged in there, and have no idea where to even start. What is it? What > are > the steps to get using it? > > > ************************************************************ > ******************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > >
Thank you Art. I will give this a try on Monday.
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