Fitsblink can be started in the following ways:
fitsblink [[file.fts] [file.fts.gz]..] will show the user
interface and let you do all of the normal functions. If you specify
FITS file names, it will also load images and display them. You can
even do something like
fitsblink ftp://some.computer.address/pub/file.fts,
assuming that
some.computer.address has an anonymous ftp account.
fitsblink -i file.inp will read names of the FITS files
which should be loaded from the file.inp, their respective
positional shift and any number of markers with their positions,
sizes, colors and shapes.
starcount where starcount is a link to the
fitsblink program will detect stars and write their positions
to an output file (see subsection 12.1.5). Starcount
runs fitsblink in a non-interactive mode, so no windows appear
nor do you need to run X-Windows.
catalog where catalog is a link to the
fitsblink program will read a star list and the image FITS
header and try to find a match with a star catalog. It writes any
cross-identifications it finds to the output file. For more details,
see subsection 12.2.5.