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%.COPYRIGHT (c) 1998 European Southern Observatory
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%.KEYWORDS MIDAS, help files, OUTDISK/SFITS
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%.PURPOSE On-line help file for the command: OUTDISK/SFITS
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%.VERSION 1.0 14-MAY-1998 : Creation, PJG
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OUTDISK/SFITS 13-JUL-2001 PJG
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OUTDISK/SFITS input_string out flags copy_keyw_flag
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convert set of MIDAS files to a single FITS file on disk
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Convert a set of MIDAS files to single FITS disk file.
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OUTDISK/SFITS input_string out flags copy_keyw_flag
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input_string = name of catalog (abc.cat) or list of one or
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more frames (images or tables separated by a comma)
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which should be converted into a single disk file in
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If the first frame refers to a table a minimum prime
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FITS header will be generated. The input frames will be
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written in the order given using IMAGE-extensions for
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images and TABLE/BINTABLE-extensions for tables.
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Note: names of tables must be given with their file
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out = name of FITS file to be created. A full file name, a
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basename with out extension or an extension only can
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be given. A name starting with a '.' is assumed
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to specify an extension while a name without a '.' is
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interpreted as a basename without extension. The
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default extension is '.fits'. If no output name is
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given the basename of the first input frame is used.
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flags = 3-character flag: format, display and cut.
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type flag : B(asic) FITS e.g. BITPIX=8,16 or 32
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for frames and ASCII for tables.\\
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O(riginal) data format i.e. the FITS
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format closest to frame format
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including BITPIX=-32,-64 (IEEE-FP) and
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BINTABLE for tables. \\
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display flag: F(ull), S(hort) or N(one) \\
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cut flag: C(ut) using LHCUTS(3-4) for frames or display
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copy_keyw_flag = COPY or NO;
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if this flag is set, the parameter `input_string' has to
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be a single Midas table file;
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the descriptors (FITS keywords) of the table extension
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(except the standard table descr.) are then copied to
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the prime header of the output FITS file.
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The `out' parameter is defaulted to the basename of the
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input table and type ".tfits' appended;
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OUTDISK/FITS, OUTTAPE/FITS, COPY/II, INTAPE/FITS, INDISK/FITS,
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It is normally assumed that a FITS file with multiple
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extensions of the same type contains the keywords EXTNAME
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and EXTVER to uniquely identify the extension within the
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FITS file. The user is responsible for ensuring that
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this is done by defining corresponding descriptors in the
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Names like &a, &b.tbl are not accepted, use middumma.bdf and
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The different parameters may be referenced in any order via
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INFILE= OUTFILE= FLAGS=
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MIDAS images are normally stored as floating point numbers.
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Such files are by default written using the BITPIX=-32 i.e.
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IEEE floating point format. The BINTABLE extension is used
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for tables. Please, check if the FITS reader you want to read
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the data with has been upgraded to include these FITS formats
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If that is not the case, use the 'B' format flag to force
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OUTDISK/SFITS to write image with BITPIX=8,16,32 and tables in
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TABLE extension format.
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If your MIDAS frames are "essentially" 16bit integer frames
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use the command COPY/II first to convert them to 16bit data
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frames and then do the OUTDISK/SFITS to obtain a 16bit FITS file.
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Convert the image 'myimage' to a FITS file with the
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name 'myimage.fits' using IEEE floating point format
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OUTDISK/SFITS myimage,mytable.tbl,mypsf .mt
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Convert the frames 'myimage,mytable,mypsf' to a single
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FITS file with one prime data matrix ('mydata'), a
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BINTABLE extension ('mytable') and an IMAGE extension
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('mypsf'). The name of the FITS file will be
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OUTDISK/SFITS mycat.cat myfile.fits
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Assuming the image catalog `mycat.cat' contains entries
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for 'myimage.bdf', `mytable.tbl', `mypsf.bdf' these frames
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are converted to the single FITS file `myfile.fits'.
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OUTDISK/SFITS mytable.tbl table.fits
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Convert the table 'mytable' to a FITS file with a
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minimum prime header and a BINTABLE extension. The
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output FITS file will get the name 'table.fits'.
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OUTDISK/SFITS mytable.tbl ? ? copy
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As above but also copy all descriptors (except the standard
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table descr) of `mytable.tbl' to the prime header of the
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output FITS file 'mytable.tfits'.
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OUTDISK/SFITS myimage,mytable.tbl ? BSN
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Convert the frames 'myimage,mytable' to a single FITS
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file with one prime data matrix ('mydata') with
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BITPIX=8,16,32 and a TABLE extension ('mytable').
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The output FITS file will be 'myimage.fits'.