Users of Starlink's ADAM programming environment on UNIX should use the ``alink'' command (SUN/144) to compile and link applications and can access the AST library by including execution of the command ``ast_link_adam'' on the command line, as follows:
alink adamprog.f `ast_link_adam`
Note the use of backward quote characters.
By default, AST error messages produced by applications built in this way will be delivered via the Starlink EMS Error Message Service (SSN/4) so that error handling by AST is consistent with the inherited status error handling normally used in Starlink software.
Switches may be given to the ``ast_link_adam'' command (in a similar
way to ``ast_link''--) in order to link with
additional AST-related facilities, such as a graphics interface. See
the ``ast_link_adam'' command description in
for details of the options available.
AST A Library for Handling World Coordinate Systems in Astronomy