EFFTool Download



The Error Fault and Failure Tool runs under both Unix and Windows NT, using perl. See below for installation instructions.

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Installation Instructions

The downloaded file is a compressed tar file. To unpack the tool follow these instructions:

Unix Users:

  1. Change your directory to that where CGI scripts are located.
  2. uncompress EFFTool.tar.Z
  3. tar xf EFFTool.tar
  4. Then follow the directions in fault/README.TXT

NT Users:

  1. Save/rename the file to your computer save it as EFFTool_tar.Z
  2. Open the file EFFTool_tar.Z using a utility such as WINZIP.
  3. When WINZIP asks for the name of the resulting file tell it EFFTool.tar. WINZIP will show a complete listing of the EFFTool files.
  4. Extract all of the files shown to the directory where CGI scripts are located.
  5. Then follow the directions in fault/README.TXT