AIPS HELP file for NCOUNT in 31DEC25

As of Fri Nov 14 14:11:23 2025

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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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