CAPFAST_EXTENSIONS_V_2_1 -- Feb 25, 1999
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    Documentation can be found at the Los Alamos Epics Home page
    http://www.lansce.lanl.gov/lanlsce8/epics/epics.htm
    under the Database sub link.

    Contact tech-talk for more information or if you have problems, Rozelle
    Wright is now retired and no longer actively maintaining it, but there
    are several sites using it.

CONTENTS
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The tar file capfast_extensions_v_2_1.tar contains:
    README.capfast_extensions -- this file.
    config -- a config directory that will work with epics release R3.13.1.
    src/e2db, src/dbst, src/db2capsym.  

BUILDING
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You must edit the file config/RELEASE so that EPICS_BASE points to the location
of epics base release R3.13.1 and EPICS_EXTENSIONS points to the top level
directory containing config and src.

Having done that you should be able to build each of the tools by changing into
the appropriate source directory and typing:

    gmake

The tools contained are:

e2db -- the capfast edif to database translator 
    It is used in the Epics 3.13.1 Rules.Db file to produce .db files from 
    capfast schematics.
    It was originally written by Matt Stettler and Matt Needes and
    modified to produce .db files by Tatsuro Nakamura.  
    Various other people have also made bug fixes which have been
    integrated into this version by Rozelle Wright.

dbst -- the dbStaticLib tool
    This command line tool will interactively execute any of the dbStaticLib
    routines.  In particular it is used in the 3.13 Rules.Db file to optimize
    databases by  removing default fields from the ascii files. 
    It can also be used to produce an edif definition file for use by e2db from
    a .dbd file.
    It was originally developed by Tatsuro Nakamura and was upgraded to work
    with epics Epics release 3.13.1 by  Rozelle Wright.

db2capsym -- this tool will produce a large capfast symbol from a .dbd file.
    A small capfast symbol of your own design can then be made by creating
    an appropriate graphic with the symbol editor, removing the large box
    and turning off the display for all fields you don't want displayed.
    This tool was developed by Rozelle Wright.