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aipsrc - Tool

	Package	utility
	Module	misc

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tool to find aips resources from .aipsrc files

include "aipsrc.g"

Constructors

aipsrc

Construct aipsrc tool

Functions

aipsarch	The AIPSARCH directory string
aipshome	The user's aips++ directory string
aipshost	The AIPSHOST directory string
aipsroot	The AIPSROOT directory string
aipssite	The AIPSSITE directory string
done	free resources used by tool
find	lookup a resource definition
findbool	lookup a boolean resource definition
findfloat	lookup a float value resource definition
findint	lookup a float value resource definition
findlist	lookup a value in a code list
id	identification of tool
init	re-read all the .aipsrc files
type	type of tool
tzoffset	The local time zone offset

Description
The aipsrc tool is used to interrogate the .aipsrc files (AIPS++ resource files) to find values for a given keyword, and to connect with some of the more widely used keywords. More on aipsrc files can be found in the system manual, and in the aipsrcdata description.

Including the 'aipsrc.g' file creates a defaultaipsrc tool (also called drc.

Only in special cases it is necessary to create your own aipsrc tool.

Example

- include "aipsrc.g"
T 
- drc.find(where, "help.directory")   # use default server
T
- arc := aipsrc()                     # create your own tool
- arc.find(where, "help.directory")    
T 
- print where
/aips++/daily/sun4sol_gnu/doc/aips2help
- arc.find(where, "does.not.exist") 
F 
- arc.tzoffset()
10 
- arc.done()                          # delete your own tool