aipsrcdata - Module

Description
The aipsrc file contains information for steering the process of an AIPS++ installation, site dependent variables (like default printer) andthe actual running of programs.

A template aipsrc file can be found in code/install/aipsrc.
aipsrc files are searched in the order:

    ~/.aipsrc
    $AIPSROOT/.aipsrc
    $AIPSHOST/aipsrc
    $AIPSSITE/aipsrc
    $AIPSARCH/aipsrc

It is not an error for any (or all) of these aipsrc files to be absent or empty.
The AIPSROOT etc. are derived from $AIPSPATH, an environment variable set by the aipsinit command (the normal way to define an AIPS++ session). Its settings, and the values in their aipsrc files, is normally done by the site manager, and should not worry the normal user.
The general format of an aipsrc entry is:

keyword: value

where the keyword, which must begin in column 1, consists of a sequence of alphanumeric characters separated by asterisks or periods, and terminated by a colon. The value consists of everything after the last whitespace character (space or tab) following the colon. Asterisks may be used in the keyword for wildcarding, but note that in reading only the first match found is accepted, so that if the following two entries were present:

# Specify printer
printer*paper:       A4
printer.dp1.paper:   A3

and a match was requested for 'printer.dp1.paper', the value returned would be 'A4' rather than 'A3'. In fact, the second entry would never be operative. An '#' in the first column indicates a comment line.

The following categories the different groups of aipsrc variables available. The ones marked aipsmgr are of no importance to the normal user. Although categories are listed as tools, they aren't. The tool environemnt is just being used as a convenience for documentation.

Tools

account	AIPS++ account definitions - aipsmgr
aipsview	aipsview resources setup - user
catalog	catalog program details - user
dish	dish startup options - user
help	Help system setup - aipsmgr/(user)
help.popup	Popup help system setup - user
inhale/sneeze	Code distribution system - aipsmgr
initialization	Startup customization - user/site
logger	logger detailing values - user
measures	details for the measures operations - user
measures.comet	details for the comet data handling - user
measures.directory	details for the measures data handling - user
measures.iers	details for the IERS data handling - user
measures.jpl	details for the JPL ephemeris operations - user
printer	Postscript printer definitions - aipsmgr/user
progress	progress meter details - user
system	System resources setup - aipsmgr/user
table	Table System setup - aipsmgr/user
toolmanager	toolmanager program details - user
unused	details for unused program - aipsmgr/programmer
user	Detail user environment - user
viewer	viewer definitions

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