1 :Info: multics_libraries_.gi: multics_libraries_:  1983-08-22  multics_libraries_
 2 
 3 This data base is the library descriptor for the Multics System
 4 Libraries.  Like all library descriptors, it defines: the roots of
 5 the libraries, the names by which these roots can be referenced in
 6 library descriptor commands, and the default library names and search
 7 names used by each of the library descriptor commands when operating
 8 on the Multics System Libraries.
 9 
10 For detailed information on the Multics Libraries, see the Multics
11 Library Maintenance manual (AN80).
12 
13 
14 The Multics System Libraries:
15 The Multics System is composed of the "logical libraries" containing
16 Multics programs.  Each library is, in turn, composed of several
17 directories containing the different kinds of library entries (source
18 and object segments; bind files; info and include segments;
19 multisegment files).  A library descriptor command can reference an
20 entire logical library by name, or it can reference one or more of
21 its directories.
22 
23 The logical library structure does not map directly onto the physical
24 library organization in the Multics storage system.  However, the
25 library descriptor tools can reference all of the physical libraries
26 by logical library name.
27 
28 
29 List of libraries:
30 standard_library, std, sss
31    Standard software for use by users.
32 unbundled_library, unb
33    Separately-priced software products.
34 tools_library, tools, t
35    System administration and maintenance tools.
36 hardcore, hard, h
37    Multics ring-0 supervisor programs.
38 privileged, priv
39    Library containing help files for privileged administrative,
40    maintenance, and operator commands.
41 subsystem_library, ss
42    Library containing help files for some Multics subsystems.
43 
44 
45 communications_library, com, mcs
46    Multics Front-end Network Processor (FNP) software and firmware.
47 obsolete_library, obsolete, obs
48    Earlier versions of some Multics programs.
49 
50 
51 List of directories in libraries:
52    Each of the above libraries may contain one or more of the
53    following logical directories.
54 source, s
55    Program source files and source archives.
56 object, o
57    Program object files, bind files, and bound object archives.
58 execution, x
59    Executable bound and unbound programs, gates, and data files.
60 info
61    Information segments (help files).
62 include, incl
63    Program include files.
64 lists, l
65    Program compilation listings.
66 
67 
68 Library Names:
69 One or more libraries or directories may be referenced in a library
70 descriptor command by giving the appropriate combinations of library
71 and directory names in a two-component LIBRARY_NAME.  Examples are:
72    sss.source  sss.include  sss.info  priv.info
73 
74 For details about a library descriptor such as
75 multics_libraries_, see the library_descriptor (lds) command.
76 
77 
78 :hcom:
79 /****^  HISTORY COMMENTS:
80   1) change(2020-05-17,GDixon), approve(2021-02-20,MCR10088),
81      audit(2021-05-27,Swenson), install(2021-05-27,MR12.6g-0056):
82      Update this general information file with current contents of the Multics
83      Libraries descriptor.
84                                                    END HISTORY COMMENTS */