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See the ;; GNU General Public License for more details. ;; ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public ;; License along with this program; if not, write to the Free ;; Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, ;; MA 02139, USA. ;; ;; Correspondence concerning AIPS should be addressed as follows: ;; Internet email: aipsmail@nrao.edu. ;; Postal address: AIPS Project Office ;; National Radio Astronomy Observatory ;; 520 Edgemont Road ;; Charlottesville, VA 22903-2475 USA ;----------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL LLLLLLLLLLLLUUUUUUUUUUUU CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ---------------------------------------------------------------- List of verbs, adverbs, tasks in category GENERAL ABORTASK stops a running task ABOUT displays lists and information on tasks, verbs, adverbs AIPSB AIPS main program for executing batch jobs AIPS AIPS main program for interactive use ANTNAME A list of antenna (station) names APARM General numeric array adverb used many places BADDISK specifies which disks are to be avoided for scratch files BATCHJOB Information about BATCH BCOUNT gives beginning location for start of a process BITER gives beginning point for some iterative process BLC gives lower-left-corner of selected subimage BPARM general numeric array adverb used too many places CATEGORY List of allowed primary keywords in HELP files CLRMSG deletes messages from the user's message file COMMENT 64-character comment string CPARM general numeric array adverb used many places CPUTIME displays curren tcpu and real time usage of the AIPS task CROWDED allows a task to perform its function in a crowded fashion DCODE General string adverb DDISK Deterimins where input DDT data is found DDT verifies correctness and performance using standard problems DDTSAVE verifies correctness and performance using standard problems DDTSIZE Deterimins which type of DDT is RUN. DECIMAL specifies if something is in decimal format DETIME specifies a time interval for an operation (destroy, batch) DISKU shows disk use by one or all users DOALL specifies if an operation is done once or for all matching DOCONFRM selects user confirmation modes of repetitive operation DOKEEP specifies if something is kept or deleted DOSCAN specifies if a scan-related operation is to be done DOWAIT selects wait-for-completion mode for running tasks DOWEIGHT selects operations with data weights DPARM General numeric array adverb used many places DRCHK stand-alone program checks system setup files for consistency ECOUNT give the highest count or iteration for some process EDGSKP Deterimins border excluded from comparision or use EHEX converts decimal to extended hex EXPERT specifies an user experience level or mode EXPLAIN displays help + extended information describing a task/symbol FILEZAP Delete an external file FPARM General numeric array adverb used in modeling FREESPAC displays available disk space for AIPS in local system GET restores previously SAVEd full POPS environment GNUGPL Information about GNU General Public License for AIPS GO starts a task, detaching it from AIPS or AIPSB GRADDRES specifies user's home address for replies to gripes GRDROP deletes the specified gripe entry GREMAIL gives user's e-mail address name for reply to gripe entry GRINDEX lists users and time of all gripe entries GRIPE enter a suggestion or bug report for the AIPS programmers GRIPR standalone program to enter suggestions/complaints to AIPS GRLIST lists contents of specified gripe entry GRNAME gives user's name for reply to gripe entry GRPHONE specifies phone number to call for questions about a gripe HELP displays information on tasks, verbs, adverbs HINOTE adds user-generated lines to the history extension file HITEXT writes lines from history extension file to text file IN2FILE specifies name of a disk file, outside the regular catalog INFILE specifies name of a disk file, outside the regular catalog INTEXT specifies name of input text file, not in regular catalog IOTAPE Deterimins which tape drive is used during a DDT RUN LSAPROPO Data input to APROPO to find what uses what words MAPDIF Records differences between DDT test results and standards MDISK Deterimins where input DDT data is found MSGKILL turns on/off the recording of messages in the message file MSGSERVER Information about the X11-based message server MSGSRV Information about the X11-based message server NBOXES Number of boxes NCCBOX Number of clean component boxes NCOUNT General adverb, usually a count of something NITER The number of iterations of a procedure NPOINTS General adverb giving the number of something NTHREAD Controls number of threads used by multi-threaded processes in OBIT OBJECT The name of an object OFFSET General adverb, the offset of something. OPCODE General adverb, defines an operation OPTELL The operation to be passed to a task by TELL OPTYPE General adverb, defines a type of operation. ORDER Adverb used usually to specify the order of polynomial fit OTFBS Translates on-the-fly continuum SDD format to AIPS UV file OTFUV Translates on-the-fly single-dish SDD format to AIPS UV file OUTFILE specifies name of output disk file, not in regular catalog OUTTEXT specifies name of output text file, not in regular catalog OUTVERS The output version number of an table or extension file. PANIC Instructions for what to do when things go wrong PIX2VAL An image value in the units specified in the header. PIXRANGE Range of pixel values to display PIXVAL Value of a pixel POSTSCRIP General comments about AIPS use of PostScript incl macros PRTAC prints contents and summaries of the accounting file PRTASK Task name selected for printed information PRTHI prints selected contents of the history extension file PRTMSG prints selected contents of the user's message file QUAL Source qualifier READLINE Information about AIPS use of the GNU readline library. REASON The reason for an operation REBYTE service program to transform byte order of full data sets REHEX converts extended hex string to decimal ROTATE Specifies a rotation RPARM General numeric array adverb used in modeling RTIME Task to test compute times SCALR1 General adverb SCALR2 General adverb SCALR3 General adverb SECONDARY List of allowed secondary keywords in HELP files SECONDRY List of allowed secondary keywords in HELP files SOURCES A list of source names SPARM General string array adverb STALIN revises history by deleting lines from history extension file STRA1 General string adverb STRA2 General string adverb STRA3 General string adverb STRB1 General string adverb STRB2 General string adverb STRB3 General string adverb STRC1 General string adverb STRC2 General string adverb STRC3 General string adverb SUBARRAY Subarray number SYMBOL General adverb, probably defines a plotting symbol type SYS2COM specifies a command to be sent to the operating system SYSCOM specifies a command to be sent to the operating system SYSOUT specifies the output device used by the system SYSTEM Verb to send a command to the operating system TCODE Deterimins which type of DDT is RUN. TDISK Deterimins where output DDT data is placed TELL Send parameters to tasks that know to read them on the fly TIMERANG Specifies a timerange TMASK Deterimins which tasks are executed when a DDT is RUN. TMODE Deterimins which input is used when a DDT is RUN. TNAMF Deterimins which files are input to DDT. TPMON Information about the TPMON "Daemon" VCODE General string adverb VLAC verifies correctness of continuum calibration software VLACSAVE verifies correctness of continuum calibration VLAL verifies correctness of spectral line calibration software VLALSAVE verifies correctness of continuum calibration VLBDDT Verification tests using simulated data VPARM General numeric array adverb used in modeling WHATSNEW lists changes and new code in the last several AIPS releases XHELP Accesses hypertext help system XPARM General adverb for up to 10 parameters, may refer to X coord XTYPE Specify type of process, often the X axis type of an image Y2K verifies correctness and performance using standard problems Y2KSAVE verifies correctness and performance using standard problems YINC Y axis increment YTYPE Y axis (V) convolving function type