---
name: "sgidispatch"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "iraf"
version: "2.18.1-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sgidispatch"
---

# sgidispatch(1)

execute named sgi translator \[IRAF\]

## NAME

sgidispatch - execute named sgi translator \[IRAF\]

## SYNOPSIS

**sgidispatch** *translator* \[*args*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**sgidispatch** determines the pathname to the executable for the named SGI translator, and then executes the translator.  It passes all command line arguments to the child, which also inherits stdin, stdout, and stderr.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Zed Pobre \<zed@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). Information was taken from the sgidispatch.c file in the IRAF distribution.