How to run the SLAM simulation language on the Mathematics Network

Leemis 
Fall, 1999

The SLAM simulation language package is available on the Unix
machines on the mathematics network.  Users can cd to /usr/slam
or /usr/tess to access sample SLAM files.

Set up (must be done once on your account only):

  1.  Edit the file named .cshrc in your main directory.  Add /usr/lang 
      to your path if it is not already there.  Also, add the lines
          source /usr/slam/inslam
          source /usr/tess/t41/tcoms/intess
          source /usr/tess/t41/tcoms/lnprod
          setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/lang/SC1.0
      (in that order) to the .cshrc file after the command(s) that determine
      the path.

  2.  Type the Unix command:  source .cshrc

Each time a SLAM program is to be run

  3.  Create a FORTRAN main program and subroutines according to the rules
      given in the SLAM text.  This file must have a .f suffix.  Also, create a
      file that contains the SLAM input commands.  This file must have a .dat
      suffix.  To simplify this step the first time, copy an existing file from
      the /usr/slam  directory.  Here is one such procedure
          cd /usr/slam             change to appropriate directory
          ls                       list files - look for those starting with exl
          cp exl.for ~/exl.f       copy the fortran file to your main directory
          cp exld.dat ~/exld.dat   copy slam input statements to main directory
          cp PARAM.INC ~/PARAM.INC copy INCLUDE definitions to main directory 
          cd                       change back to home directory
      The main directory should now contain the FORTRAN file exl.f and the SLAM
      input file exld.dat.  These are for a drive-up bank simulation that
      allows cars to jockey from one line to another.

  4.  Compile the FORTRAN file with the command 
          f77 $SLAM_FOPTIONS exl.f
      There will be an additional (object code) file named exl.o.

  5.  Create a symbolic link with the command
          slink exlexe exl no
      There will be an additional file named exlexe.  This command is slow.
      The slink command creates a HUGE executable file.  Use the Unix commands
          ls -s 
      and
          quota -v
      to delete the file with rm once you are done using this particular model.

  6.  Execute the SLAM model.  There are two ways to do this.  To execute
      immediately, type
          rslam exld exlexe
      and the output will appear on the screen.  For a longer run, it might be
      wiser to run the simulation in the batch mode with the command
          rslamb exld exlexe
      After the model runs, the output will be contained in exld.out and a log
      file named islam.log will be created.