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NAME

       gdl - Gnu Data Language interpreter

SYNOPSIS

       gdl [--help] [--version]

DESCRIPTION

       gdl is an incremental compiler for the Gnu Data Language.  The Gnu Data
       Language is designed to be highly  compatible  with  Research  Systems,
       Inc.’s Interactive Data Language (IDL).

OPTIONS

       This  program  follows  the  usual  GNU  command line syntax, with long
       options starting with two  dashes  (‘-’).   A  summary  of  options  is
       included below.

       --help Show summary of options.

       --version
              Show version of program.

ENVIRONMENT

       The  following  environment variables have special meaning to gdl.  The
       GDL_* variant, if defined,  takes  precedence  over  any  corresponding
       IDL_* variant.

       GDL_PATH, IDL_PATH
              The GDL command (script) search path.

       GDL_STARTUP, IDL_STARTUP
              A file of commands to be executed on startup.

       GDL_TMPDIR, IDL_TMPDIR
              A directory in which temporary files may be created.

AUTHOR

       The     primary     author     of     GDL     is     Marc     Schellens
       <m_schellens@users.sourceforge.net>.

       This    manual    page     was     written     by     Sergio     Gelato
       <Sergio.Gelato@astro.su.se>.