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.TH BLAS-TEST 1 "January 29, 2002" netlib "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
xcblat1  xcblat3  xdblat2  xsblat1	xsblat3  xzblat2
xcblat2  xdblat1  xdblat3  xsblat2	xzblat1  xzblat3
\- testing programs for blas
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B x{s,d,c,z}[c]blat1
.br
.B x{s,d,c,z}[c]blat{2,3}
.RI < " parameter file" 
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the blas testing programs.
.PP
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.B blas
is a library of Basic Linear Algebra routines, accessed through a Fortran
interface.  These routines are categorized into three levels: level1 referring
to vector-vector operations, level2 to matrix-vector operations, and level3 to
matrix-matrix operations.   In addition, all routines are written in four
"precisions", single precision real (s), double precision real (d), cingle
precision complex (c), and double precision complex (z).
.br
The testing binaries examine routines in the level indicated by the last
character in the program name and in the precision indicated by the second
character in the program name.  The stem "blat" in the program name refers to a
Fortran interface tester.
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The test programs for levels 2 and 3 read a set of parameters specifying the
problem ranges to examine on standard input.  Sample input files are found in
/usr/share/doc/blas-test/examples.  Files of the form  are input files to the
Fortran testing programs.
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These programs are dynamically linked against the
blas library.  This enables the user to test and compare
alternate versions of the library, such as those provided by
atlas, through the use of the LD_LIBRARY_PATH and LD_PRELOAD
environment variables.  One can confirm the versions of the libraries
being tested in a given environment with the aid of the ldd program.
.SH OPTIONS
These programs take no command line options.
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.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Camm Maguire <camm@enhanced.com>,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system, and adapted for openSUSE.