This is the CDF V3.5.1 online software distribution for Mac OS X systems. The version's sub-incremental is identified as "_#", e.g., _1, _2, etc, if it exists. The package is set to be installed into /Applications/cdf35_1-dist folder, as the default. This directory contains the following files: AAREADME.txt This is the readme text file you're viewing. CHANGES.txt Change history up to CDF V3.5.0. Release.notes Information about the current CDF release. CDF_copyright.txt Information about the CDF copyright. cdf35_1-setup_universal_binary.tar.gz This is a self-installation pre-built package for PowerPC and Intel Mac OS X (32/64-bit) of 10.5 or later. All libraries and executables are universal binary. Download and double-click the downloaded file for installation. This file will be extracted to CDF351*ub.pkg. This package contains everything CDF offers except for the CDF Perl APIs and contains the following: - pre-compiled CDF library (for C, Fortran, and Java) - complete suite of the CDF tools (both GUI-based and command-line-based) Note: If the package can't be installed as a package of the same version already exists. Go to /Library/Receipts folder and remove the package CDF351*ub.pkg (needs to have the administrator authority). src_distribution Directory where the CDF source distribution is available. Go here if you want to build your own CDF library and tools. CDFLeapSeconds.txt This is the leap second table used by the CDF library. PerlCDF35_1.tar.gz Compressed tarred file that contains source for Perl-CDF APIs. Download this if you are planning on building the APIs yourself. PerlCDF35_1-setup.tar.gz This is a compressed, pre-compiled Perl-CDF APIs. The files will be extracted into directory PerlCDF35_1. This distribution is linked with the static CDF library so there is no need to install other CDF package if Perl is the only APIs you need. The bundled binary works perl running on 32/64-bit Mac Intel. cdfjava.jar This is the latest version of cdfjava.jar that contains the latest Java APIs. This file is also included in cdf35_1-setup_universal_binary.tar.gz. It is here for those who installed the Java APIs a while back, and might not have the latest Java APIs. If you are not sure whether you have the latest version of the Java APIs, download this file and replace the one you have in the /cdfjava/classes directory and /CDFToolsDriver.app/Contents/Resources/Java directory. cdfml.jar This file contains the latest version of the CDF XML utilities (written in Java). This file is also included in cdf35_1-setup_universal_binary.tar.gz. It is here for those who already have downloaded and installed an old version of pre-built binary file. If you are not sure whether you have the latest version of the CDF XML tools, download this file and replace the one you have in the /cdfjava/cdfml directory and /CDFToolsDriver.app/Contents/Resources/Java directory. cdf35_documentation This file points to the documentation of CDF V3.5. checkleapseconds.sh Shell-script to check if the installed leap seconds table is the letest.