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Matthew Hunt ed642a38dd Add r_earth, r_moon, r_sun, representing the terrestrial, lunar, and solar radii. The corresponding masses (m_earth, etc.) were already present. Source: "An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics," Carroll & Ostlie.		2003-11-05 22:29:48 +00:00
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Makefile	Install files via FILES.	2001-12-17 16:02:15 +00:00
pathnames.h
README
units.1
units.c	Add enough consts to keep everyone happy.	2002-07-28 16:23:28 +00:00
units.lib	Add r_earth, r_moon, r_sun, representing the terrestrial, lunar, and	2003-11-05 22:29:48 +00:00

README

# $FreeBSD$

This is a program which I wrote as a clone of the UNIX 'units'
command.  I threw it together in a couple days, but it seems to work,
with some restrictions.  I have tested it under DOS with Borland C and
Ultrix 4.2, and SunOS 4.1.  

This program differs from the unix units program in the following
ways:
   it can gracefully handle exponents larger than 9 in output
   it uses 'e' to denote exponentiation in numbers
   prefixes are listed in the units file
   it tries both -s and -es plurals
   it allows use of * for multiply and ^ for exponentiation in the input
   the output format is somewhat different

Adrian Mariano (adrian@cam.cornell.edu or mariano@geom.umn.edu)