/**
\mainpage libIFT
\section readme Readme
<PRE>
2005-01-05
Turku PET Centre

LibIFT is distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public Licence
http://pet.utu.fi/staff/vesoik/programs/lgpl-license.html
More information on open source licences: http://www.opensource.org

Description
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The LibIFT library is a collection of functions for processing interfile type
information.

List of files
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include/     -	Includes all the .h files for the .c files
		
Makefile     -	The makefile.

history      -  Change history

README       -  This file

** .C files **

libiftv.c    -  For displaying compilation time of this library.

ift.c        -  IFT memory allocation etc basic routines.

iftfile.c    -  Reading and writing IFT format files.

iftsrch.c    -  Searching IFT contents.


Installation
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[***This library has been tested to compile under Solaris and DOS with gcc and djgpp.***]
To compile, just type 'make'. No modifications should be necessary to the Makefile.

Using the library
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The program that uses the library should include the .h file it needs
eg. #include <ift.h>
To compile, link the library with -lift
If the library and/or the .h files are outside normal compiler search path,
add these lines when compiling
-L<path to library>  eg. -L/usr/local/lib
-I<path to .h files> eg. -I/usr/local/include

Extending the library
------------------------

To add new files to the library, first copy the .c file(s) to the libift directory
and the .h file(s) to the libift/include directory.
Modify the C file if necessary.
Add the .c file(s) to the Makefile's CFILES line.
Then just recompile and copy the libift.a to its place.
PLEASE update the README and HISTORY file to include the new .c file !
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