Preface
What's New in Sun WorkShopTM 6 describes the new features of the Sun WorkShop 6 compilers and tools.
Multiplatform Release
This Sun WorkShop release supports versions 2.6, 7, and 8 of the SolarisTM SPARCTM Platform Edition and Solaris Intel Platform Edition Operating Environments.
The Solaris operating environment runs on two types of hardware, or platforms--SPARC and IA. The Solaris environment also runs on both 64-bit and 32-bit address spaces. The information in this document pertains to both platforms and address spaces unless called out in a special chapter, section, note, bullet, figure, table, example, or code example.
Note The terms "IA" and "x86" refer to the Intel 8086 family of microprocessor chips, including the Pentium, Pentium Pro, and Pentium II processors and compatible microprocessor chips made by AMD and Cyrix. In this document, the term "x86" refers to the overall platform architecture, whereas "Intel Platform Edition" appears in the product name.
Access to Sun WorkShop Development Tools
Because Sun WorkShop product components and man pages do not install into the standard /usr/bin/
and /usr/share/man
directories, you must change your PATH
and MANPATH
environment variables to enable access to Sun WorkShop compilers and tools.
To determine if you need to set your PATH
environment variable:
1. Display the current value of the PATH
variable by typing:
2. Review the output for a string of paths containing /opt/SUNWspro/bin/
.
- If you find the paths, your
PATH
variable is already set to access Sun WorkShop development tools. If you do not find the paths, set your PATH
environment variable by following the instructions in this section.
To determine if you need to set your MANPATH
environment variable:
1. Request the workshop
man page by typing:
2. Review the output, if any.
- If the
workshop
(1) man page cannot be found or if the man page displayed is not for the current version of the software installed, follow the instructions in this section for setting your MANPATH
environment variable.
Note The information in this section assumes that your Sun WorkShop 6 products were installed in the /opt
directory. Contact your system administrator if your Sun WorkShop software is not installed in /opt
.
The PATH
and MANPATH
variables should be set in your home .cshrc
file if you are using the C shell or in your home .profile
file if you are using the Bourne or Korn shells:
- To use Sun WorkShop commands, add the following to your
PATH
variable:
-
/opt/SUNWspro/bin
- To access Sun WorkShop man pages with the
man
command, add the following to your MANPATH
variable:
-
/opt/SUNWspro/man
For more information about the PATH
variable, see the csh
(1), sh
(1), and ksh
(1) man pages. For more information about the MANPATH
variable, see the man
(1) man page. For more information about setting your PATH
and MANPATH
variables to access this release, see the Sun WorkShop 6 Installation Guide or your system administrator.
Typographic Conventions
TABLE P-1
shows the typographic conventions that are used in Sun WorkShop documentation.
TABLE P-1 Typographic Conventions
Typeface |
Meaning |
Examples |
AaBbCc123 |
The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output |
Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. % You have mail . |
AaBbCc123 |
What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output |
% su Password: |
AaBbCc123 |
Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized |
Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be superuser to do this. |
AaBbCc123 |
Command-line placeholder text; replace with a real name or value |
To delete a file, type rm filename. |
Shell Prompts
TABLE P-2 shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.
TABLE P-2 Shell Prompts
C shell |
% |
Bourne shell and Korn shell |
$ |
C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell superuser |
# |
Related Documentation
You can access documentation related to the subject matter of this book in the following ways:
- Through the Internet at the
docs.sun.com
sm Web site. You can search for a specific book title or you can browse by subject, document collection, or product at the following Web site:
-
http://docs.sun.com
- Through the installed Sun WorkShop products on your local system or network. Sun WorkShop 6 HTML documents (manuals, online help, man pages, component readme files, and release notes) are available with your installed Sun WorkShop 6 products. To access the HTML documentation, do one of the following:
- In any Sun WorkShop or Sun WorkShopTM TeamWare window, choose Help About Documentation.
- In your NetscapeTM Communicator 4.0 or compatible version browser, open the following file:
-
/opt/SUNWspro/docs/index.html
- (Contact your system administrator if your Sun WorkShop software is not installed in the
/opt
directory.) Your browser displays an index of Sun WorkShop 6 HTML documents. To open a document in the index, click the document's title.
TABLE P-3 lists related Sun WorkShop 6 manuals by document collection.
TABLE P-3 Related Sun WorkShop 6 Documentation by Document Collection
Document Collection |
Document Title |
Description |
ForteTM Developer 6 / Sun WorkShop 6 Release Documents |
About Sun WorkShop 6 Documentation |
Describes the documentation available with this Sun WorkShop release and how to access it. |
|
What's New in Sun WorkShop 6 |
Provides information about the new features in the current and previous release of Sun WorkShop. |
|
Sun WorkShop 6 Release Notes |
Contains installation details and other information that was not available until immediately before the final release of Sun WorkShop 6. This document complements the information that is available in the component readme files. |
Forte Developer 6 / Sun WorkShop 6 |
Analyzing Program Performance With Sun WorkShop 6 |
Explains how to use the new Sampling Collector and Sampling Analyzer (with examples and a discussion of advanced profiling topics) and includes information about the command-line analysis tool er_print , the LoopTool and LoopReport utilities, and UNIX profiling tools prof , gprof , and tcov . |
|
Debugging a Program With dbx |
Provides information on using dbx commands to debug a program with references to how the same debugging operations can be performed using the Sun WorkShop Debugging window. |
|
Introduction to Sun WorkShop |
Acquaints you with the basic program development features of the Sun WorkShop integrated programming environment. |
ForteTM C 6 / Sun WorkShop 6 Compilers C |
C User's Guide |
Describes the C compiler options, Sun-specific capabilities such as pragmas, the lint tool, parallelization, migration to a 64-bit operating system, and ANSI/ISO-compliant C. |
ForteTM C++ 6 / Sun WorkShop 6 Compilers C++ |
C++ Library Reference |
Describes the C++ libraries, including C++ Standard Library, Tools.h++ class library, Sun WorkShop Memory Monitor, Iostream, and Complex. |
|
C++ Migration Guide |
Provides guidance on migrating code to this version of the Sun WorkShop C++ compiler. |
|
C++ Programming Guide |
Explains how to use the new features to write more efficient programs and covers templates, exception handling, runtime type identification, cast operations, performance, and multithreaded programs. |
|
C++ User's Guide |
Provides information on command-line options and how to use the compiler. |
|
Sun WorkShop Memory Monitor User's Manual |
Describes how the Sun WorkShop Memory Monitor solves the problems of memory management in C and C++. This manual is only available through your installed product (see /opt/SUNWspro/docs/index.html ) and not at the docs.sun.com Web site. |
ForteTM for High Performance Computing 6 / Sun WorkShop 6 Compilers Fortran 77/95 |
Fortran Library Reference |
Provides details about the library routines supplied with the Fortran compiler. |
|
Fortran Programming Guide |
Discusses issues relating to input/output, libraries, program analysis, debugging, and performance. |
|
Fortran User's Guide |
Provides information on command-line options and how to use the compilers. |
|
FORTRAN 77 Language Reference |
Provides a complete language reference. |
|
Interval Arithmetic Programming Reference |
Describes the intrinsic INTERVAL data type supported by the Fortran 95 compiler. |
ForteTM TeamWare 6 / Sun WorkShop TeamWare 6 |
Sun WorkShop TeamWare 6 User's Guide |
Describes how to use the Sun WorkShop TeamWare code management tools. |
Forte Developer 6 / Sun WorkShop Visual 6 |
Sun WorkShop Visual User's Guide |
Describes how to use Visual to create C++ and JavaTM graphical user interfaces. |
ForteTM / Sun Performance Library 6 |
Sun Performance Library Reference |
Discusses the optimized library of subroutines and functions used to perform computational linear algebra and fast Fourier transforms. |
|
Sun Performance Library User's Guide |
Describes how to use the Sun-specific features of the Sun Performance Library, which is a collection of subroutines and functions used to solve linear algebra problems. |
Numerical Computation Guide |
Numerical Computation Guide |
Describes issues regarding the numerical accuracy of floating-point computations. |
Standard Library 2 |
Standard C++ Class Library Reference |
Provides details on the Standard C++ Library. |
|
Standard C++ Library User's Guide |
Describes how to use the Standard C++ Library. |
Tools.h++ 7 |
Tools.h++ Class Library Reference |
Provides details on the Tools.h++ class library. |
|
Tools.h++ User's Guide |
Discusses use of the C++ classes for enhancing the efficiency of your programs. |
TABLE P-4 describes related Solaris documentation available through the docs.sun.com
Web site.
TABLE P-4 Related Solaris Documentation
Document Collection |
Document Title |
Description |
Solaris Software Developer |
Linker and Libraries Guide |
Describes the operations of the Solaris link-editor and runtime linker and the objects on which they operate. |
|
Programming Utilities Guide |
Provides information for developers about the special built-in programming tools that are available in the Solaris operating environment. |