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diff --git a/unix/boot/README b/unix/boot/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..cbba59ef --- /dev/null +++ b/unix/boot/README @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +BOOT -- Bootstrap utilities for building and maintaining IRAF. The utilities +in this package are implemented at the host system level, sometimes with +assistance from the iraf kernel or other libraries. All utilites are host +system callable, regardless of how they are implemented. + +Major directories: + + mkpkg - package/library maintenance utility + spp - compiler for the SPP language + rmbin - seek out and destroy all binaries in a directory tree + rtar - tar file reader + wtar - tar file writer + bootlib - system interface for the bootstrap utilities + +Others: + + xyacc - SPP/Yacc + generic - generic preprocessor + vfn - old boot-boot version of vfn2osfn (not currently used) |