AIPS HELP file for NCOUNT in 31DEC24

As of Mon Oct 14 9:11:09 2024

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NCOUNT
Type: Adverb   (Real)
Use:  NCOUNT is a general adverb to express a number
      representing the maximum number of something in a process
      such as loading images from tape.
Null value:  0
      Null value assignment varies with task or verb.
Task:
  ATLOD.......Reads ATCA data in RPFITS dormat into AIPS.  NCOUNT is the
              number of scans to read.
  BAKLD.......Reads all files of a catalog entry from BAKTP tape.
              NCOUNT is the number of files to print or load.
  EXTAB.......Exports AIPS table data as tab-separated text.  NCOUNT
              is the number of entries at the start of a table cell that
              are printed.
  FILLM.......Reads VLA on-line/archive format uv data tapes.  NCOUNT is
              the number of files to read.
  FITLD.......Reads FITS files to load images or UV (IDI or UVFITS)
              data to disk.  NCOUNT is the number of files to load.
  IMLOD.......Reads tape or disk files to load images to disk.  NCOUNT
              is the number of files to load.
  NANS........Reads an image or a UV data set and looks for NaNs.
              NCOUNT is the maximum number of lines printed.
  PRTAB.......Prints any table-format extension file.  The first NCOUNT
              values in a table cell are printed.
  PRTOF.......Prints on-line flag table information.  The first NCOUNT
              values in a table cell are printed.
  RTIME.......Task to test compute times.  NCOUNT is the number of
              2-million operations.
  SDCLN.......Deconvolves image by Clark and then "SDI" cleaning
              methods.  NCOUNT is the number of pixels above a cutoff
              level to switch to the SDI method.
  TACOP.......Task to copy tables, other extension files.  NCOUNT is the
              number of tables to copy.
  TADIF.......Prints differences between two table-format extension
              files.  The first NCOUNT values in a table cell are
              considered..
  TCOPY.......Tape to tape copy with some disk FITS support.  NCOUNT is
              the number of tape files to copy.
  UVCOP.......Task to copy a subset of a UV data file.  NCOUNT is the
              ratio of auto-correlation records to cross-correlation.
  UVHOL.......Prints holography data from a UV data base with
              calibration.  NCOUNT is the number of samples to print.
  UVLOD.......Load UV data from tape or disk files to disk.  NCOUNT is
              the number of sources to load from an Export format file.
Procedures:
  FXALIAS.....Least squares fit aliasing function and remove.  NCOUNT
              specifies how many of the CALSOUR are used for bandpass.
  READISK.....Reads images / uv data w extensions in FITS format into
              AIPS.  NCOUNT specifies the last catalog number to load.
  VLBAARCH....Procedure to archive VLBA correlator data.  NCOUNT is the
              number of files to read in.
  VLBALOAD....Loads VLBA data.  NCOUNT is the number of files to load.
  WRTDISK.....Writes images / uv data w extensions to disk in FITS
              format.  NCOUNT is the highest catalog number to write.

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