CIAO-Lib-StackIO version 0.01
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NAME
   CIAO::Lib::StackIO - Perl wrapper for the CIAO stackio library


DESCRIPTION

   CIAO::Lib::StackIO is an interface to the stackio (libstk)
   library shipped with the Chandra Interactive Analysis of
   Observations (CIAO) software package.


INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install

If built in the CIAO environment, the module will be linked against
the library in the CIAO distribution.  If not, it will use a version
of the library packaged with this module.


DEPENDENCIES

This module has been tested against the stklib library shipped with
CIAO V3.2.1.  The included stklib source is from that release.

CIAO may be downloaded from http://asc.harvard.edu/ciao.


COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (C) 2005 by The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

The Perl interface to the stklib library is released under the GNU
General Public License.  You may find a copy at
L<http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.html>.

The source to the included stklib library is released under a separate
license, a copy of which may be found in the stklib subdirectory.


