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-The Darshan source tree is divided into two parts:
+Darshan is a lightweight I/O characterization tool that transparently
+captures I/O access pattern information from HPC applications.
+Darshan can be used to tune applications for increased scientific
+productivity or to gain insight into trends in large-scale computing
+systems.
+
+Please see the 
+[Darshan web page](https://www.mcs.anl.gov/research/projects/darshan)
+for more in-depth news and documentation.
+
+The Darshan source tree is divided into two main parts:
 
 - darshan-runtime: to be installed on systems where you intend to 
   instrument MPI applications.  See darshan-runtime/doc/darshan-runtime.txt
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   log files produced by darshan-runtime.  See
   darshan-util/doc/darshan-util.txt for installation instructions.
 
-General documentation can be found on the Darshan documentation web page:
-http://www.mcs.anl.gov/darshan/documentation/
-
 The darshan-test directory contains various test harnesses, benchmarks,
 patches, and unsupported utilites that are mainly of interest to Darshan
 developers.