Location of Parts on the System

Because the search engines and part server use the catalog file to find all of the parts on the system, it is fairly simple to relocate parts from one directory to another. If only a single part is being moved, its entry in the catalog is simply changed to reflect the new location. If the entire parts library needs to be moved, then the new location of the catalog file is changed in the search engines and server, and the part locations are changed in the catalog. The programs have a variable in the first few lines of the code that gives the location of the file, so only one change needs to be made to each program. If the entire directory structure is moved intact, then the parts catalog can be updated with a simple ``search and replace'' program or using the search and replace functions of a text editor.

Last Modified: Wed Aug 28 14:41:29 EDT 1996