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Description
The variables in this group define the user working environment. They will normally be defined in the user's .aipsrc.

The user.directories.work variable is used to determine which directories scratch files are written into. It can consist of 1 or more directories. If more than one directory is specified, AIPS++ attempts to spread the scratch files over the various listed directories. If this variable is not set, then "." (the current working directory) is used if it is writable, otherwise "/tmp" is used.

Example

user.aipsdir:            /my_data/aips++
user.directories.work:   ~/scr ~/aips++/work
user.display.memory: true

The user.prestart variable can be ignored by most users. It defines which clients are started asynchronously on start of AIPS++. This saves time but risks too many clients being run. The default choice is misc, timer, quanta. These clients are typically needed whenever the aips++ script is used to start AIPS++. If you often start using e.g.:

glish -l imager.g

then you may wish to prevent quanta from starting:

user.prestart:            timer quanta

To prevent any asynchronous starting:

user.prestart:            none

Aipsrc Variables

user.aipsdir	default user's AIPS++ base directory
	Allowed:	valid directory name
	Default:	/aips++
user.directories.work	list of directories to put scratch files
	Allowed:	string
	Default:	"." or "/tmp"
user.dowait	Wait for asynchronous functions to finish?
	Allowed:	falsor true
	Default:	false
user.aipsrc.edit.keep	the number of edits of an aipsrc keyword that are kept as history when saving automatically to the users .aipsrc
	Allowed:	integer
	Default:	5
user.display.memory	display memory usage in a GUI barchart?
	Allowed:	false or true
	Default:	false
user.prestart	Pre-start these clients
	Allowed:	String
	Default:	misc timer quanta

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