README file for SILO-Taurus device driver
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Taurus is a read-only device driver, so calling any of the API functions
that would normally modify the database will raise an E_NOTIMP (capability
not implemented) error.  The following API functions will not work with
this driver:

        C                       Fortran         Reason (see key below)
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        DBCreate                dbcreate        1
        DBGetAtt                NA               2
        DBGetCompoundarray      dbgetca            4
        DBGetCurve              NA                3
        DBGetMatspecies         dbgetmsp         2
        DBGetPointmesh          NA               2
        DBGetPointvar           NA               2
        DBGetQuadmesh           NA               2
        DBGetQuadvar            NA               2
        DBInqCompoundarray      dbinqca            4
        DBMkDir                 dbmkdir         1
        DBPutCompoundarray      dbputca         1
        DBPutFacelist           dbputfl         1
        DBPutMaterial           dbputmat        1
        DBPutMatspecies         dbputmsp        1
        DBPutMultimesh          dbputmmesh      1
        DBPutMultivar           dbputmvar       1
        DBPutPointmesh          dbputpm         1
        DBPutPointvar           NA              1
        DBPutPointvar1          dbputpv1        1
        DBPutQuadmesh           dbputqm         1
        DBPutQuadvar            NA              1
        DBPutQuadvar1           dbputqv1        1
        DBPutUcdmesh            dbputum         1
        DBPutUcdvar             NA              1
        DBPutUcdvar1            dbputuv1        1
        DBPutZonelist           dbputzl         1
        DBReadAtt               NA               2
        DBReadVar1              NA               2
        DBSetDirID              dbsetdirid       2
        DBWrite                 dbwrite         1
        DBWriteComponent        NA              1
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Reasons:
        1    Not implemented because this API function normally
             modifies the database.

        2    No known reason for not being implemented.

        3    Not defined yet.

        4    New functionallity added after the SILO-Taurus driver
             was written.
