ASTERIX offline documentation is to be found in directory $AST_DOCS. There are two catagories of document:
USER_xxx for general users of ASTERIX
PROG_xxx for programmers of ASTERIX applications
The following is a list of documents currently available:
USER_001 * ASTERIX user guide (this has become the Starlink
Document SUN98)
USER_002 Processing Exosat raw data using ASTERIX
USER_004 A guide to ASTERIX source searching
USER_005 The Rosat XRT interface in ASTERIX
USER_006 * A guide to time series analysis within ASTERIX
PROG_001 Programming Standards
PROG_002 Data structures: specifications and conventions
PROG_003 The BDA_ binned data access routines
PROG_004 The DYN_ dynamic memory routines
PROG_005 The USI_ user interface routines
PROG_006 The HIST_ history routines
PROG_007 The GCB_ GRAFIX control block routines
PROG_008 Notes on writing ASTHELP
PROG_009 ASTERIX directory structure
PROG_010 The AXIS_ axis identification routines
PROG_011 The PSF_ system routines
PROG_012 Introduction to ASTERIX programming
PROG_013 The SSO_ source search results access routines
* Indicates TeX file - use DVI file with (say) DVIPS