AIPS HELP file for IN2FILE in 31DEC25
As of Sat Feb 15 22:31:43 2025
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IN2FILE
Type: Adverb (String*48)
Use: To specify the name of some disk file outside the usual AIPS
catalog system to be used as input to an AIPS verb or task. The
file can be a text file giving some list of commands or data to
advise or enhance the task. It is used when a second file is
needed in addition to INFILE.
Format: The name is usually given by specifying a logical device plus
directory, followed by a colon, followed by the actual file
name. Other combinations are often acceptable as well. The
logical name must be set up before entering the AIPS program and
must be in upper case. Thus, for Unix, for example:
percent setenv MYAREA ~joeuser
for the C shell, and
$ myarea=$HOME; export MYAREA
for bourne, korn, and bash shells. Then in AIPS,
percent aips tst
....
IN2FILE = 'MYAREA:FITS.DAT'
Note that the Unix-standard $ ahead of the logical is omitted.
Other forms are now acceptable as well:
IN2FILE = '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
IN2FILE = '/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.
AIPS-standard logicals like RUNFIL (AIPS/RUN area) and FITS
(often AIPS/FITS) are available also.
Null value: ' '
Taken to mean no subsidiary file. This can be an error.
Tasks:
CONFI.....Optimize array configuration by minimum side lobes;
IN2FILE provides a topography mask
M3TAR.....Translate Haystack MKIII VLBI format "A" TAR's into
AIPS; IN2FILE lists scans to be read
MK3IN.....Translate Haystack MKIII VLBI format "A" tapes into
AIPS; IN2FILE lists scans to be read
PBEAM.....Fits analytic function to the measured values of the
beam; IN2FILE contains beam data for second Stokes
UVCON.....Generate sample UV coverage given a user defined array
layout; IN2FILE contains Tsys and efficiency information
UVFIL.....Create, fill a uv database from user supplied
information (paraform task); IN2FILE available for use
VLBIN.....Translate NRAO VLB format to AIPS. IN2FILE is used for
station info.
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