MTA Tools Index and guides
During the 2009-2010 academic year, I am the MTA tech. In an
attempt to standardize several of the commands and resources
that you use on a regular basis, /pro/tasupport has
been overhauled.
The idea behind /pro/tasupport is that in each of
the different directories, you will find tools, sample conf
files, and source code that will be the same and should work
with any course that you might ever TA.
Resources
There are lots of useful things in /pro/tasupport, here is a
listing of some of them and how they might aid you.
/pro/tasupport/bin - Several programs for use as a TA. This
can either be in your path or
wrapped by each course/pro/tasupport/lib - Collections of
libraries either for individual programs or for TAs as a
whole/pro/tasupport/share - In here, you
will find a directory for each program that has a conf
file. Each subdirectory has sample conf files/pro/tasupport/share/man - Add this to
your MANPATH variable in your
.environment so you can get access to all the man pages
that exist for tools in /pro/tasupport/bin/pro/tasupport/src - This is a
directory where the source for each program is
maintainedIf you have anything you would like to add to /pro/tasupport, please don't hesitate to contact the current MTA Tech and they will be glad to help you get it in there.
Adding
/pro/tasupport items to your path
To add the man pages and programs provided in /pro/tasupport to your path, unless you have changed your setup from the defaults provided by the CS dept, you should edit a file in your home directory called .environment.
For man pages, add the line:
pathappend MANPATH
/pro/tasupport/share/man
To add the programs, add the line:
pathappend PATH
/pro/tasupport/bin