An Addendum: When I copy the index I created on LINUX (with the 
appropriate pathnames changed to reflect the IRIX system) over to IRIX, 
the metatags work. 

Hmmm...

Laurie Dickinson
The Geometry Center
400 Lind Hall
207 Church Street S.E.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN  55455
email: laurie@geom.umn.edu
phone: (612) 626-0888
fax: (612) 626-7131

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