Prerequisites

 In order to be a TriggerDB code developer you will have to have the following privileges:

• an account on any online linux box
• an oracle account to the online databases
• your linux account  should be in trusted list on alpha station b0alpha00.fnal.gov
• write privileges to the TriggerDB online CVS repository
• be a member of the online TriggerDB code development UNIX group

To request these privileges contact Jim Patrick or William Badgett

• do all your development work on one of the online linux machines, like b0dapXX
• check out the code out of the repository into you home area
setup cvs -q online
cvs co TriggerDB
• once you developed and thoroughly tested a piece of code, you can check it in the CVS
setup cvs -q online
setup kerberos
kinit
cvs ci -m"your comments"  filename
• now you will have to update the  development area
go to the directory  /cdf/code-common/cdfonline/TriggerDB/devel/
update it  using cvs update
make the right access attributes for  the files by executing command
chmod g+rwx -R /cdf/code-common/cdfonline/TriggerDB/devel
compile the source files
• to test the development release as the "current", redefine /cdf/code-common/cdfonline/TriggerDB/current symbolic link to point to /cdf/code-common/cdfonline/TriggerDB/devel directory
• if during the testing there are problems with the code, you can always rollback to the safe frozen version vX_YZ of the code by redefining the symbolic link  /cdf/code-common/cdfonline/TriggerDB/current back to /cdf/code-common/cdfonline/TriggerDB/vX_YZ directory
• after the extensive and successful testing of the development release you can tag it as the last frozen version
go to development area
cd /cdf/code-common/cdfonline/TriggerDB/devel
make sure that development release is up to date
cvs update
tag the TriggerDB CVS package by issuing command
cvs tag vX_YZ
(where version should be incremented appropriately)
go to product area
cd /cdf/code-common/cdfonline/TriggerDB
checkout the tagged release from CVS
cvs checkout -r vX_YZ
(this will create TriggerDB directory in the area you are in)
rename new TriggerDB directory with the new product release name
mv /cdf/code-common/cdfonline/TriggerDB/TriggerDB /cdf/code-common/cdfonline/TriggerDB/vX_YZ
make the right access attributes for  the new files by executing command
chmod g+rwx -R /cdf/code-common/cdfonline/TriggerDB/vX_YZ
redefine the symbolic link  /cdf/code-common/cdfonline/TriggerDB/current to the new /cdf/code-common/cdfonline/TriggerDB/vX_YZ directory

There is a file called java.csh at the top of the release. To compile a java source file, do the following:

• source java.csh
• javac -d classes/  sources/triggertable/*.java
• javac -d classes/  sources/triggertable/*/*.java