NAME

       mkiraf - Setup the IRAF environment for a user

SYNOPSIS

       mkiraf [-d|--default] [-i|--init] [-n|--noinit] [-c|--copy] [-q|--quiet]

DESCRIPTION

       Creates  the  parameter  directory,  image  directory  and  cache directory for the use with IRAF CL, and
       optionally create a local copy of the IRAF CL startup file login.cl.

       Within IRAF CL, these directory have the names uparm$, imdir$, and cache$.

       Without the -d|--default flag,  the  parameter  directory  uparm  is  created  in  the  local  directory,
       triggering  a  parameter storage locally. If no local parameter directory exists, a general user specific
       parameter storage in ${HOME}/.iraf/uparm is used. The image directory imdir and the cache directory cache
       are always created in ${HOME}/.iraf/.

OPTIONS

       -d, --default
              Create the upar file in the user specific directory ${HOME}/.iraf instead of the local directory.

       -i, --init
              Initialize an empty uparm directory, removing old parameter settings.  If  neither  the  -i|--init
              nor the -n|--noinit is given, the command asks whether the upar directory should be initialized.

       -n, --noinit
              Do not nitialize the uparm directory if it exists, keeping old parameter settings.  If neither the
              -i|--init  nor  the  -n|--noinit  is  given, the command asks whether the upar directory should be
              initialized.

       -c, --copy
              Create a copy of the login.cl file in the local  directory,  or  (if  the  -d|--default  flag  was
              given),  in  the  directory  ${HOME}/.iraf. These copies are only needed if local changes shall be
              applied.

       -q, --quiet
              Suppress output messages

BUGS

       IRAF should use XDG conform user directories in ${HOME}/.cache, ${HOME}/.local and ${HOME}/.config.

SEE ALSO

       ecl(1),

AUTHOR

       Created by Ole Streicher for the IRAF community

IRAF 2.17.1                                        April 2023                                         GENERIC(1)