Running Opal

Opal can be run from the directory /home/bkeller/bin/opal.  If you want to be able to run opal directly without typing that long path all of the time, you should update your path to include the directory.  If you are running csh, which most people seem to be, edit your .login file and add the following line to the end of the file:
set path = ($path /home/bkeller/bin )
You wont be able to run opal directly unless you log back in or type the command
source .login
Once you've done this you will be able to type opal at the command line.  You can quit by typing exit or ctrl-d.
Documentation will be available from http://hal.cs.vt.edu/opal/ when the machine comes back to life.  Meanwhile send Ben Keller email to ask for the reference.