
                  SFITSIO -- A next-generation FITS I/O library

                                 Version 1.4.4a

                                                                  Jan. 29, 2015
                                                 (C) 2009-2015 Chisato Yamauchi

- What is SFITSIO?

  SFITSIO is a new library written from full scratch.  The concept is to
  provide script-like APIs which minimize programmer's efforts for FITS I/O.
  It enables you to write intuitively your codes for FITS.  SFITSIO will free
  you from looking through the manuals when writing codes for FITS I/O.


- Requirements

  + OS
    Linux, FreeBSD, MacOSX, Solaris or Cygwin.  Both 32-bit and 64-bit.

  + Compiler
    GCC g++ 3.3.2 or later,  Intel(R) C++ Compiler 11.1 or later.
    GCC g++ 4.x is required to enable enhancements using SIMD instructions.

  + Libraries
    SLLIB, zlib, bzip2, ncurses, readline.
    You can download SLLIB from http://www.ir.isas.jaxa.jp/~cyamauch/sli/.

  + Multi-threaded compression utilities (optional)
    SFITSIO automatically detects following programs and calls them to perform
    very fast compression on the local disk:
     pigz:   http://www.zlib.net/pigz/
     lbzip2: http://lacos.hu/

- Install

  See INSTALL file.


- To get latest version

  Visit this Web page:  http://www.ir.isas.jaxa.jp/~cyamauch/sli/


- Contact

  Please send email to cyamauch@ir.isas.jaxa.jp.  Any bug reports and requests
  are welcome.

