AIPS HELP file for AVFILE in 31DEC24

As of Thu Apr 18 18:56:53 2024

INPUTS

INTAPE          0.0         9.0    Tape unit # (0=> 1)
NFILES      -9999.0      9999.0    Number of files to advance

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AVFILE
Type: verb
Use: Skip forward or backward a number of files on a tape.
Adverbs:
  INTAPE   Number of tape unit on which map tape is mounted.
           0=> 1
  NFILES   Number of files to skip:
                 NFILES  >  0  skip forward
                 NFILES  =  0  back to beginning present file
                 NFILES  <  0  skip back beyond present file
Note: if current tape position is somewhere in the middle of a
file the result (final tape position) of AVFILE is the same
as if the current tape position had been at the beginning of the
file. I.e., if NFILES=1 the tape will be positioned at the
beginning of the next file.

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