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There are several manuals available to assist you with programming
in IRAF; the one you will need will depend on the type of
programming you expect to do. They are all available in the iraf/docs
directory on the node iraf.noao.edu
(140.252.1.1) by anonymous FTP.
The documents are compressed so be sure to declare binary before the transfer.
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1) scripts - An Introductory User's Guide to IRAF Scripts, revised by Rob
Seaman, September 1989, 49 pages
(script.ps.Z,
script.pdf).
A slide overview
is also available.
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2) IMFORT - A User's Guide to Fortran Programming in IRAF: The IMFORT
Interface, Doug Tody, September 1986, 29 pages [manual pages not included]
(imfort.ps.Z).
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Specifying Pixel Directories with IMFORT, Doug Tody, June 1989, 1 page [short
memo describing a modification to IMFORT] (imfortmem.ps.Z)
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3) SPP - An Introductory User's Guide to IRAF SPP Programming, Rob Seaman,
October 1992, 76 pages (sppguide.ps.Z).
The package of
examples from the text is also available as is this
slide overview.
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SPP Reference Manual, Zolt Levay, October 1992 - see the archives at
ftp.stsci.edu in the software/stsdas/v1.3/doc/programmer/spp directory.
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4) There are many more older documents that may be referenced by the above
that are also available. These are all listed in the TOC_vol3a.txt
and TOC_vol3b.txt files in iraf/docs.
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