How To Run Prolog

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Getting Started

CSAI Account Holders

If the symbol after "@" in your email address is "cs", you have an account with the CSAI Department. All you need do is log in and type prolog to the prompt: 
% prolog
You should see the following sign-on message from Prolog 
Welcome to SWI-Prolog (Version 2.7.18)
Copyright (c) 1993-1996 University of Amsterdam.  All rights reserved.
 
For help, use ?- help(Topic). or ?- apropos(Word).
 
1 ?-

Other Users

If you do not have an account on a departmental machine you can use the temporary account cs108 (password: ask me) on any of the departmental machines. After logging in, create your own directory with mkdir and go to it using cd. Then execute Prolog as above 
% mkdir mydir
% cd mydir
% prolog
N.B. Anybody can read and write on your directory. The provision of this account is a privilege not a right. Please treat the account with discretion, otherwise it will disappear for you and others.

Stopping Prolog

The safest way to stop Prolog is to issue the command 
?- halt.
Mike Rosner (mros@cs.um.edu.mt)
Last modified: Wed May 21 17:11:15 MET DST