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      1 # Compile from source
      2 
      3 No pre-compiled version of `schiff` is provided;
      4 it must be compiled directly from its source tree.
      5 A simple way is to rely on
      6 [star-build](https://www.meso-star.com/git/star-build/), which automates
      7 the build and installation of `schiff` and its dependencies from source
      8 code.
      9 
     10 ## Prerequisites
     11 
     12 To build `schiff` with `star-build`, first make sure your system has the
     13 following prerequisites:
     14 
     15 - POSIX shell
     16 - POSIX make
     17 - curl
     18 - git
     19 - mandoc
     20 - pkg-config
     21 - sha512sum
     22 - GNU Compiler Collection in version 8.3 or higher
     23 - GNU Scientific Library and headers in version 2.4 or higher
     24 - LibYAML and headers in version 0.1 or higher
     25 
     26 ## Build
     27 
     28 Assuming that the aforementioned prerequisites are available, the build
     29 procedure is summed up to:
     30 
     31     git clone git://git.meso-star.com/star-build.git
     32     cd star-build
     33     make \
     34       PREFIX=~/schiff_@VERSION@ \
     35       BUILD=src/rad-apps/schiff_@VERSION@.sh
     36 
     37 With `PREFIX` defining the path where `schiff` will be installed and
     38 `BUILD` defining the installation script to be run.
     39 
     40 ## Run
     41 
     42 Evaluate the installed `profile` file in the current shell to register
     43 `schiff` against it.
     44 You can then run `schiff` and consult its manual pages:
     45 
     46     . ~/schiff_@VERSION@/etc/profile
     47     schiff -h
     48     man schiff
     49     man schiff-geometry
     50     man schiff-output
     51 
     52 ## Post-Process
     53 
     54 The following Bash script illustrates how to post-process the Schiff
     55 results.
     56 It is an example, provided as is.
     57 According to your needs, you can study, modify, extend or redistribute
     58 it freely :
     59 
     60   - [Download](downloads/schiff_pretty_results.sh) the pretty result
     61     script
     62 
     63 This script reads an output file generated by the `schiff` command line
     64 and split its raw ASCII results in several human readable text files in
     65 order to simplify their analysis.
     66 
     67     schiff -i geom.yaml -l 2.3 -w0.5:0.6 -o output properties
     68     url="https://www.meso-star.com/schiff/downloads"
     69     curl -f -O  "${url}/schiff_pretty_results.sh"
     70     bash ./schiff_pretty_results.sh output
     71     Write xsections.txt
     72     Write descs.txt
     73     Write func_0.5.txt
     74     Write func_0.6.txt
     75     Write cumul_0.5.txt
     76     Write cumul_0.6.txt
     77     Write invcumul_0.5.txt
     78     Write invcumul_0.6.txt
     79 
     80 The first generated file, named `xsections.txt`, lists for each
     81 wavelength submitted with the `-w` option, its associated
     82 absorption, extinction and scattering cross sections. The second file,
     83 `descs.txt`, gives overall informations for each simulated
     84 wavelengths, like the limit scattering angles from which its phase function was
     85 analytically computed.
     86 Then for each wavelength, the script generates 3 files named
     87 `func_<WLEN>.txt`, `cumul_<WLEN>.txt`, and `invcumul_<WLEN>.txt` that
     88 store for the wavelength `<WLEN>`,  the value of its associated phase
     89 function as well as its cumulative and its inverse cumulative,
     90 respectively.