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%.COPYRIGHT (c) 1993 European Southern Observatory
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%.AUTHOR 05-MAY-93, IPG/ESO
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%.KEYWORDS MIDAS, help files,
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%.PURPOSE On-line help file for the command: CREATE/OST
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%.VERSION 1.0 MP : Creation, 05-MAY-93
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CREATE/OST MP 05-MAY-93
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CREATE/OST file_specs [file_pref] intable outtable flag
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create an Observation Summary Table
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create an Observation Summary Table
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CREATE/OST file_specs [file_pref] intable outtable flag
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file_specs = list of numbers of files to be processed (a) or
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file specification as used in the VMS `$ DIRECTORY'
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or UNIX `$ ls ' command (b) ( * matches zero or more
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characters, ? matches any single character, [] matches
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one of the enclosed characters)
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file_pref = prefix of the files names. Used only with the option
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(a) of file_specs. The filenames will be built by
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appending to the prefix the file number and the file
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extension specified by "flag"
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intable = name of the input table containing the list of the
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MIDAS descriptors to be mapped into the columns of the
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outtable = name of the Observation Summary Table
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flag = 2-character flag: file format, append
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F(its), the file extension .mt is assumed when the
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M(idas), the file extension is .bdf is assumed when the
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append flag: A(append to an existing OST)
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1) The Input Table must contain the followings columns:
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DESCR_INAME (Character Column): contains the list of MIDAS
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descriptors to be mapped
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into the columns of the OST.
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IPOS (Integer Column) : contains for each descriptor
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the position of the element
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DESCR_ONAME (Character Column): contains for each descriptor
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the label of the column of the
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OST in which will be stored its
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OTYPE (Character Column): contains for each descriptor
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the type of the column of the
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OST in which will be stored its
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I (integer), R(eal), D(double
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precision), C*n(character string)
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2) The command maps each of the MIDAS descriptors
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from the column DESCR_INAME of the Input Table into one column
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of the Output Table. The values of these descriptors are read
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from each of the files of file_spec and are stored into one
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row of the Output Table. If a descriptor contains more than
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one element, the one at the position defined in the column :IPOS
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3) The way FITS keywords are translated into MIDAS descriptors
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is decribed in the Chapter 7 of Volume A.
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CREATE/OST ntt3*.mt ? ntt_descr ntt_ost
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Process all the FITS files whose names match the pattern ntt3*.mt
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Read for each of them the values of the descriptors listed in
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column :descr_iname of table ntt_descr and store them in table
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CREATE/OST 3-5 ntt ntt_descr ntt_ost MA
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Process the MIDAS images ntt0003.bdf, ntt0004.bdf, ntt0005.bdf,
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Read for each of them the values of the descriptors listed in
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column :descr_iname of the table ntt_descr and append them
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in the existing table ntt_ost