NAME
ftchkrmf -- checks the validity of a FITS response file.
USAGE
ftchkrmf [infile=]filename1 (outfile=filename2) (clobber=yes/no)
DESCRIPTION
The task performs consistency and keyword checks on an input FITS
file to check whether it satisfies the response file standard, reporting the
results to the terminal or a text file.
The mandatory keyword checked are for the EBOUNDS extension:
TELESCOP, INSTRUME, FILTER, HDUCLASS, HDUCLAS1, HDUCLAS2,
HDUVERS1, CHANTYPE, DETCHANS
For the MATRIX extension the same keywords are checked with the
addition of HDUCLAS3. The optional keyword PHAFILE is checked.
PARAMETERS
- infile [filename]
- The input file name containing the response matrix.
- (outfile = rmf.log) [filename]
- The name of the output log file name. Default is set to
'rmf.log'. To change the output file name use outfile=filename
in the command line.
- (clobber = yes) [boolean]
- Flag specifying whether or not a pre-existing file with the
same name as that requested as the output file from this task
will be overwritten.
EXAMPLES
1. ftchkrmf test.rmf
2. ftchkrmf test.rmf outfile=testrmf.log
3. ftchkrmf test.rmf outfile=testrmf.log clobber=yes
LAST MODIFIED
January 2018