Initiating a Darwin Session

Whether you received your Darwin package by electronic mail, ftp, or surface mail, detailed instructions for either you or your system administrator are included in this package for decompressing and installing the necessary files. Appendix  and the COMPUTATIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY RESEARCH GROUP WWW site (see side box below) provide additional information if you should encounter difficulties.

Different operating systems will require different commands for starting Darwin. In the UNIX operating system [26], users would typically be required to type

% darwin

at the shell prompt. The Darwin prompt is by symbol (>) and the cursor is placed immediately to the right of it. We are now ready to begin interacting with Darwin.

The COMPUTATIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY RESEARCH GROUP at ETH-Zürich maintains a web site at http://cbrg.inf.ethz.ch/ for the Darwin system and The DARWIN Manual (this document). This site contains many sample sessions designed to help you become familiar with the different aspects of the system and provides a regularly updated information page about recent developments. Most major Internet browsers ( EXPLORER, MOSAIC, NETSCAPE, LINEX and others) are supported.