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