Many aspects of ASTERIX's operation can be customised at both the site and user level. This is generally done by supplying extra start up procedures which ASTERIX executes when you type 'aststart' to start a shell or ICL session. These can override the values of built in ASTERIX settings, or define new commands, etc.
A utility called 'astdefs' is provided which displays the important ASTERIX control parameters, eg.
gives the output,csh> astdefs
ASTERIX defaults for user : dja
Installation
ASTERIX Version : 1.7-1
Installed root directory : /star/asterix
Optional Data
FTOOLS calibration files : unknown
Local and user start up procedures
Site shell start up : /star/asterix/../ast_local/startup
Site ICL start up : /star/asterix/../ast_local/startup.icl
User shell start up : UNDEFINED
User ICL start up : UNDEFINED
Logging Info
Current logging state : OFF
A fuller listing is available by adding an 'all' argument to the
astdefs command.