= PALM Quickstart Guide =
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'''Fig. 2''' Directory structure of PALM installation.
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'''Fig. 1''' Directory structure of PALM simulation setup.
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Ideally, you have successfully installed PALM using the [automatic installer]. If so, the installer has 
* [downloaded] PALM from the subversion control (svn) repository into a predefined directory structure on your local PC (see Fig. 1),
* created the required palmrun [configuration file], e.g. .palm.config.default (hidden file),
* pre-compiled ([palmbuild]) the UTILities and SOURCE code,
* run some small test simulations (JOBS).
Somewhere near the end of the automatic installation process, the following lines should have appeared in your UNIX terminal:\\
{{{All found tests passed. PALM installation successful}}} and \\
{{{PALM installer finished.}}}\\
Further, the installer has printed an example command for starting a PALM simulation, e.g.
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palmrun -r example_cbl -a \"d3#\" -c \"default\"        -X \"4\" -T \"4\" "
                |           |             |              |        |                "
            run identifier  |  configuration identifier  |        tasks per node   "
                     I/O control list                 number of cores           "
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