Instructions on Updating the ARIA Database

ARIA is constructed automatically from the directory structure starting from the RI project directory. The directory structure is as follows:

To add a dataset (which may be only one file) you just add to the directory structure. If the files do not fit within the current categories use the mkdir command to create new minor and possibly major directories. You will always need to create a dataset directory which has the format author/laboratory_year. Finally the refractive index files (extension .ri and conforming to the naming and format convention given in the introduction) are placed in the created dataset directory.

ARIA is created using the following commands
cd /home/www/project/RI
python create_aria.py
chmod -R 775 *
cd /home/www/project
~calcutt/bin/wraphtml RI

ARIA plots are created using the following commands
cd /home/www/project/RI
idl
IDL>.run aria_plots
IDL>exit
chmod -R 775 *

These instructions can be updated by modifying 'instructions.body' and using
cd /home/www/project/RI
~calcutt/bin/wraphtml internal

Notes

• Avoid non alphanumeric characters in either directory or file names.
• If a major directory contains an '_' it is expanded as the word 'and' in the created web pages.