AIPS HELP file for IN4NAME in 31DEC26

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IN4NAME
Type: Adverb  (String*12)
Use:  Data files are stored in AIPS under logical names which
      have 4 parts: a 12-character "name" field, a 6-character
      "class" field, and a numeric "sequence number" field.
      IN4NAME is used to specify the "name" field for the 4th
      of the input data files used by a verb or task.  This
      adverb is handled by AIPS tasks and verbs under special
      "wildcard" rules.  These rules determine which test
      strings (e.g. image names in the catalog) match the
      user-specified string.  Except for '*', '?', and trailing
      blanks (when an * is present), all characters specified
      in IN4NAME must exactly match the corresponding characters
      in the test string.  A '?' in IN4NAME matches any single
      character in the test string.  An '*' in IN4NAME matches
      0 or more characters in the test string.  Thus, IN4NAME
      = '*' matches any test string.  IN4NAME = 'A?B*D' matches
      'ASBD', 'A BXYZD D', and 'A4B45678901D', but does not
      match 'ABCD' or 'ASBCDE'.
Null value:  '          '
      Taken as '*' unless the Help file for the specific task
      or verb states otherwise.
Verbs:
   CAT4LOG.......List one or more entries in the user's data directory:
                 #4 file name.
   CLR4NAME......Clears adverbs specifying the fourth input image
   GET4NAME......Fills 4th input image name parameters by catalog slot
                 number.
   IM4HEAD.......Displays the image 4 header contents to terminal,
                 message file.
   Q4HEADER......Verb to summarize the image 4 header: positions at
                 center.
Tasks:
   BLPCL.........Do divide by I,Q,U models for circular polarization
                 BLCHN.  The 4th file is the U model.
   CMPLX.........Combines complex images by a variety of mathematical
                 methods.
   COMB..........Combines two images by a variety of mathematical
                 methods.  The 4th image is of noise for the 2nd image.
   GREYS.........Plots images as contours over multi-level grey.  The
                 4th image is for color blue.
   HOCLN.........Task to do a clean of holography images.
   IMAGR.........Wide-field and/or wide-frequency Cleaning / imaging
                 task.  The 4th image is of spectral curvature.
   KNTR..........Make a contour/grey plot file from an image w multiple
                 panels.  The 4th image is of polarization angle or U.
   MEDI..........Combines four images by a variety of mathematical
                 methods.
   OOSUB.........Subtracts/divides a model from/into a uv data base.
                 The 4th image is of spectral curvature.
   PCNTR.........Generate plot file with contours plus polarization
                 vectors.  The 4th image may be used for contours or
                 grey scale.
   PDPLT.........Plots selected contents of PD tables.
   RMFIT.........Fits 1-dimensional polarization spectrum to Q/U cube.
                 The 4th image is from FARS, either the phase or the
                 imaginary part.
   TVSPC.........Display images and spectra from a cube interactively.
                 The 4th image is an optional XYf cube to be displayed
                 one f at a time.
   VHCAL.........Do divide by I,Q,U models for linear polarization data.
   VBGLU.........Glues together data from multiple passes thru the VLBA
                 correlator.
   WTSUM.........Task to do a a sum of images weighted by other images.
                 The 4th image is of weights assigned to the 2nd image.
Procedures:
   BLPOLCAL......Do BLCHN for I, Q, U, V models.  4th is U model.
   IMFRING.......Large image delay fitting with IM2CC and OOFRING.
                 The 4th image is of spectral curvature.
   IMSCAL........Large image self-cal with IM2CC and OOCAL.
                 The 4th image is of spectral curvature.
   LINIMAGE......Build image cube from multi-IF data set.
                 The 4th image is of spectral curvature.
   OOCAL.........Determines antenna complex gain with frequency-
                 dependent models.  The 4th image is of spectral
                 curvature.
   OOFRING.......Fringe fit data to determine calibration with spectral
                 index options.  The 4th image is of spectral curvature.
   TDSTEP3.......Time-dependent imaging procedure "step 3"
   TDSTEP5.......Time-dependent imaging procedure "step 5"
   VHCALIB.......Do CALIB for linear polarization with I, Q, U models.

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