NAME
ftcmprmf - Compress RMF by removing response below a threshold
USAGE
ftcmprmf infile outfile threshold
DESCRIPTION
FTCMPRMF reduces the size of an RMF. It removes all response elements
having a value less than the threshold given while changing the
F_CHAN, N_CHAN, and MATRIX columns to variable length arrays if they
are not already.
PARAMETERS
- infile [filename]
- The name of the input FITS RMF file.
- outfile [filename]
- The name of the output FITS RMF file.
- threshold [real]
- All response elements below this value will be removed.
- clobber [bool]
- If clobber = yes then overwrite the output files if a file of the
appropriate name already exists.
EXAMPLES
1. Compress a response by removing all elements below 1.0e-4
ftcmprmf file1.rmf fileout.rmf 1.0e-4
SEE ALSO
LAST MODIFIED
Jul 2022