AIPS HELP file for OUTFILE in 31DEC24
As of Fri Apr 26 13:00:35 2024
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OUTFILE
Type: Adverb (String*48)
Use: To specify the name of some disk file outside the usual AIPS
catalog system to be used as output from an AIPS verb or task.
The file can be a text file giving a printer display or a
graphics plot for printing or it can be a FITS file containing
ASCII headers and binary data.
Format: The name is usually given by specifying a logical device plus
directory, followed by a colon, followed by the actual file
name. In Unix, logicals are environment variables. The
logical name must be set up before entering the AIPS program
and is usually in upper case. Thus, for example:
percent setenv MYAREA ~joeuser
for the C shell, and
$ myarea=$HOME; export MYAREA
for bourne, korn, and bash shells. Then in AIPS,
OUTFILE = 'MYAREA:FITS.DAT'
Note that the Unix-standard $ ahead of the logical is omitted.
AIPS-standard logicals like FITS (often AIPS/FITS) are available
also. Other forms are now acceptable as well:
OUTFILE = 'FITS.DAT
will find the file in the $FITS directory (when reading or
writing FITS disk files) or in the directory local when you
started AIPS. A full path name may also be given
OUTFILE = '/home/primate2/egreisen/AIPS/Text.prt
if it fits in 48 characters. Note that the trailing quote mark
is left off and this is the last command on the input line so
that the case is preserved.
In most programs, it is regarded as an error if OUTFILE already
exists. Some may concatenate to or replace pre-existing
OUTFILEs.
Under UNIX, it is now possible to read and write tape files with
other, cooperating computers. If the other computer is running
the AIPS "deamon" task TPMON, then INFILE may also take the form
:::
where is the name of the other computer, and is
a name known to TPMON on that computer. This limitation
probably requires you to use the $FITS or $RUNFIL or other
widely known AIPS areas. (For real tape, the node name is given
in the MOUNT command instead.) This option only applies to tapes
(i.e. FITTP).
Null value: ' '
Taken to mean no subsidiary file. This can be an error.
For tapes, it means use a real tape drive given by INTAPE
(which must already be MOUNTed).
Verbs:
SG2RUN.......Verb copies the K area to a text file suitable for
RUN; OUTFILE contains POPS commands suitable for
re-creating a full POPS vocabulary with current adverb
values and compiled procedures.
Procedures:
VLBAMPHC.....Applies VLBARUN calibration to additional phase
stopping centers. OUTFILE is the directory to receive
the output html, text, and plot gifs.
VLBARFI......Calibrates VLBA autocorrelations, writes out statistics
OUTFILE is the directory to receive the output html,
text, and plot gifs.
VLBARUN......Applies amplitude and phase calibration procs to VLBA
data. OUTFILE is the directory to receive
the output html, text, and plot gifs.
VLBDDT.......Verification tests using simulated data; OUTFILE
contains test results
Tasks:
AFILE........Sorts and edits MkIII correlator A-file; OUTFILE is
the output A-file
CHEBI........Make text file to plot Chebyshev polynomials.
CONFI........Optimize array configuration by minimum side lobes;
OUTFILE contains the final configuration information
DELZN........Determines residual atmosphere depth at zenith and
clock errors; OUTFILE is a table of delays and clock
errors suitable for CLCOR
EXTAB........Exports AIPS table data as tab-separated text;
OUTFILE is tab-separated text suitable for input to
various data-base and spread-sheet programs
FGTAB........Writes frequency-range flags to a text file to be
read by UVFLG
FTARS........Fits 1-dimensional polarization spectrum to Q/U text
file. OUTFILE is the output RM spectrum generated by
TARS and is an input to FTARS.
HF2SV........Convert HF tables from FRING/MBDLY to form used by
Calc/Solve; OUTFILE is the directory name for holding
all the output files
LWPLA........Translates plot file(s) to a PostScript printer or
file; OUTFILE is a disk file containing the
PostScript commands
MTARS........Compute model inputs to TARS.
OMFIT........Fits sources and, optionally, a self-cal model to uv
data; OUTFILE is final fitted model in KEYIN format
PANEL........Convert HOLOG output to panel adjustment table
PCRMS........Finds statistics of a pulse-cal table; flags bad
times and channels
PRTSY........Prints statistics from the SY table
QUXTR........Extracts text files from Q,U cubes for input to TARS
RMTFC........Convolves rotation measure transfer function with
various slab models.
TARS.........Simulation of Faraday rotation synthesis (mainly task
FARS)
TFILE........Sorts and edits MkIII correlator UNIX-based A-file;
OUTFILE is the output A-file
TVCPS........Task to copy a TV screen-image to a PostScript file;
OUTFILE is a disk file containing the PostScript
commands (suitable for printing, TeX, etc)
TVRGB........Make TV image from images of true color (RGB) images;
OUTFILE is a disk file containing the PostScript
commands (suitable for printing, TeX, etc)
UVCON........Generate sample UV coverage given a user defined
array layout; OUTFILE has antenna positions in
equatorial system plus other info cpoied from INFILE
VBRFI........Plots spectral statistics of VLBA autocorrelation data
for RFI.
VLBRF........Plots spectral statistics of VLBA autocorrelation data
for RFI.
VLOG.........Pre-process external VLBA calibration files; OUTFILE
specifies the prefix used to name the output files
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