March - the Maple Archive Manager
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The March application provides a manager for Maple library archives.
The file maple.lib, which is in your Maple library directory, is an
example of a Maple archive file.  Access March using the method 
appropriate for your operating system.

  Windows:    Click on the March application icon in the Start menu 
              and enter in the parameters box the name of the archive 
              and an option.

  Macintosh:  Double-click on the March icon and choose "New" or 
              "Open" from the "Archive" menu. Once an archive is 
              active, operations from the list below can be 
              performed using menu items. 

  UNIX & DOS: Enter "march -option archivename" at the prompt where 
              filename is the file you wish to check.



You can only use one option in a single March invocation.
Its available options are:

    Create a new library archive.

        march -c archive_dir table_size

    This creates the archive in "archive_dir" with the value of "table_size" 
    being approximately the number of files.    

    Add .m files to an archive:

        march -a archive_dir filename indexname

    This adds the .m file "filename" under the index name "indexname" to
    the archive in the directory "archive_dir".  You can specify multiple
    pairs of file names and index names.

    Update .m files in an archive

        march -u archive_dir filename indexname

    This updates the existing entry under index name "indexname" in the
    archive in directory "archive_dir" to the new .m file "filename".  You
    can specify multiple pairs of file names and index names.

    Pack the files in an archive so that they take as little room as
    possible.

        march -p archive_dir

    List the contents of an archive.

        march -l archive_dir

    Extract a file from an archive.

        march -x archive_dir indexname filename

    This creates a .m file called "filename" which is pulled from the
    index entry at "indexname".

    Delete a file from an archive.

        march -d archive_dir indexname


For Macintosh users, these options are available under the "Archive" 
menu once an archive is selected. 


Exit March
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  To quit the march application, do one of the following:

    Windows 95 or NT: Close the March window by clicking on the 
                      close window button (X) at the top of the 
                      window.

    Windows 3.1:      Double-click on the system menu.

    Macintosh:        Choose "Quit" from the "File" menu.

    DOS and UNIX:     The application will quit as soon as the 
                      task is completed.
 
View the March help page by typing ?march at the Maple prompt
or by viewing the March man page under UNIX.

