AIPS HELP file for DOTABLE in 31DEC26

As of Thu Dec 11 20:56:51 2025

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DOTABLE
Type: Adverb (Logical: <= 0 is false, > 0 is true)
Use:  Instructs programs to perform some operation with a table-
      like file.
Null value:  true (> 0).
Tasks:
   FITLD.........Reads FITS files to load images or UV (IDI or UVFITS)
                 data to disk.  DOTABLE applies only to images and
                 controls whether tables are written to AIPS disk.
   FIXRL.........Corrects right vs left polarizations for a list of
                 antennas.  Most tables are just copied; DOTABLE
                 controls whether SY, TY, and CD tables are modified.
   IMLOD.........Reads tape or disk files to load images to disk.
                 DOTABLE controls whether tables such a Clean components
                 are written to disk.
   SWPOL.........Swap polarizations in a UV data base.  Most tables are
                 just copied; DOTABLE controls whether SY, TY, and CD
                 tables are modified.
   TECOR.........Calculate ionospheric delay and Faraday rotation
                 corrections.  DOTABLE requests a TE table.

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