Purple Server
By Alex Chaffee and Purple Technology

README Version $Id: README,v 1.2 2003/02/05 21:16:43 alex Exp $

Abstract

Purple Server is a more-or-less-fully functional Chat server engine
written in 100% Java. It was written to illustrate concepts from my
course, Writing a Robust Multithreaded Server in Java. 

Copyright

This code is Copyright (c) 1998-1999 Purple Technology, Inc. All
rights reserved. You are free to do whatever you like with this code,
free of charge, just give credit where credit is due. If you improve
it, please send your improvements to server@purpletech.com. Check
http://www.purpletech.com/server/ for the latest version and news.

Zippy the Pinhead is copyright Bill Griffith, used without
permission. Read Zippy! http://www.sfgate.com/sf/zippy/

Contents

This package contains the following files

	COPYRIGHT	full copyright info
	README		this file
	index.html	main page, pointers to everything
	mkdoc.bat	DOS script to build javadoc
	mkdoc		Unix script to build javadoc
	doc/...		javadoc for all code
	html/		the web site and documentation
	code/		root level for source code
	 MessageApplet.html	HTML page that launches the basic applet
	 clear.txt		VT100 codes to clear screen
	 mk.bat			DOS script to compile all .java files
	 mk			Unix script to compile all .java files
	 run			DOS script to run server
	 run.bat		Unix script to run server
	 runbot			DOS script to run Zippy bot
	 runbot.bat		Unix script to run Zippy bot
	 runping		Unix script to run the Ping bot
	 runall.bat		DOS script to run the server, the Zippy Bot, 
				and the Thread Watcher, all at once
	 zippy.txt		File full of Zippy quotes
	 com/purpletech/...	the Java source code

Quick Start

				DOS		UNIX
1. Change to the code dir	cd code		cd code
2. Compile the code		mk		sh mk
3. Run the server		start run	xterm -e sh run
4. Run the Zippy bot		start runbot	xterm -e sh runbot
5. Run the Thread Watcher	tail -f /tmp/threads.txt
6. Run the applet		appletviewer MessageApplet.html

Links

Purple Server Home Page - http://www.purpletech.com/server/

Purple Technology - http://www.purpletech.com/

jGuru Training by the Magelang Institute - http://www.jguru.com/ 
the best damn Java training in the world

Cygnus Cygwin - http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/
a Win32 port of many useful unix command-line utilities, including
bash and tail