asap for Debian
===============

Data Tables
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ASAP needs access to astronomical data tables that need to be updated regularly.
This task is done by the /etc/cron.weekly/python-asap cron job.
The casacore packages that ASAP is built on top of expect the data to be
unpacked into this directory:

   /var/lib/casacore/data

Environment variables
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You can override the data tables location by setting the ASAPDATA environment
variable. You should set ASAPDATA so that the path $ASAPDATA/ephemerides exists.
The data files are published by the U.S. National Radio Astronomy Observatory
(NRAO), as part of the Common Astronomical Software Applications (CASA) data
processing package, but can be downloaded separately.

If you also set the CASAPATH environment variable, so that it points to a
different data area than ASAPDATA, you may get unexpected behaviour.

Per-user config files
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ASAP allows you to customise your settings in $HOME/.asap.
It will also check in your $HOME/.ipython directory.

 -- Malte Marquarding <Malte.Marquarding@csiro.au>  Wed, 11 May 2011 16:00:56 +1000
