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avdbtools 0.1                        README                          1-May-1998
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$Id: README,v 1.1 1998/05/05 05:57:05 jcp Exp $

OVERVIEW
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The avdbtools package (short for aviation database tools) is a
collection of software designed to assist in creating and maintaining
databases for aviation applications. As of this release, avdbtools
contains a single application that reads the databases distributed by
the (United States) National Flight Data Center, and converts them
into formats usable by various other aviation related applications.


DOCUMENTATION
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An user's guide is provided, the "master" copy is written in SGML
(Standard Generalized Markup Language) format.  SGML documents are
translatable into other useful and popular formats such as LaTeX (and
dvi, postscript from there), as well as standard HTML.  These derived
formats are provided, so you don't need any additional software.


CONFIGURATION and COMPILATION
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See the file "INSTALL" for details.


COPYRIGHT
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avdbtools is Copyright (C) 1998, John C. Peterson.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2. A copy is
included in this distribution in the file named "LICENSE".

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License,
version 2, for more details.

Best Regards,
John C. Peterson  FAA PP:ASEL,G
<mailto:jaypee@netcom.com>
