History

Hans Grote/SL was one of the original two authors of the EPIO package.

The EPIO offline package is intended to be used for all data (at least on tape) in an experiment, in such a way that from the raw data tape to the DST, the tape (or file) format is identical. This makes the transport of data between computers trivial, and simplifies the task of passing the files or tapes at different stages of the production chain through any other part of the production chain.

The package has been developed at CERN as a part of packlib.  

Version 1.66 of EPIO introduced a standard Fortran 77 version which is the base for the Unix versions.

We would like to encourage all users to contact us in case:

• they detect mistakes in the manual or the package,
• they would like to see something to be added to the manual or described in more detail,
• they would like to see features added to the package.

Remember that your collaboration in this is vital, and that the poor man in (Saclay, Rome, Vienna, Hamburg, etc.) may desperately be trying to find and fix a bug that you have just corrected, but told nobody (and vice versa, of course).