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diff --git a/noao/imred/vtel/doc/fitslogr.hlp b/noao/imred/vtel/doc/fitslogr.hlp new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4a195e45 --- /dev/null +++ b/noao/imred/vtel/doc/fitslogr.hlp @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +.help fitslogr Dec85 noao.imred.vtel +.ih +NAME +fitslogr -- Make a log of header information from a fits tape +.ih +USAGE +fitslogr input_dev out_file startfnum endfnum +.ih +PARAMETERS +.ls input_dev +Tape drive, e.g. "mta1600" or just "mta" +.le +.ls out_file +Name of output file to store information. Information is appended to this +file to allow one to update a previously created file. +.le +.ls startfnum +Tape file to start logging. +.le +.ls endfnum +Tape file to stop logging. +.le +.ih +DESCRIPTION +Fitslogr reads FITS headers from successive tape files and compiles +certain information into a single line of output for each file. +Currently, the information output for each file includes: + + Tape file number, IRAF image name, date, time, and the + Carrington longitude for each image. + +If all of these header parameters are not present, only the ones found +will be printed out and garbage will come out for the empty parameters. +The date is stored in a header parameter called OBS_DATE, the time is +stored as 'seconds since midnight' in OBS_TIME and the Carrington +longitude is stored in L_ZERO. +To use this script, both the DATAIO package and the VTEL package must +be loaded. +.ih +EXAMPLES +1. To log all of the FITS images on a tape mounted on 'mta' and store the +information in a file called 'CX052' the command would be: + +.nf + vt> fitslogr mta CX052 1 999 +.fi + +2. To log just the 40th through 60th files on mtb and see the output on +your terminal, the command would be: + +.nf + vt> fitslogr mtb STDOUT 40 60 +.fi + +.ih +SEE ALSO +rfits +.endhelp |