ASTPRMT

Name

astprmt

Purpose

Promote version of an astrometry fit coefficient file to highest version.

Description

Calling Sequence

astprmt,fitfile,centers

Inputs

fitfile - File with astrometry fit coefficients (Default=fitcoeff.dat)
centers - File with image centers. (Default=centers.dat)

Optional Input Parameters

Keyword Input Parameters

RENORMFAC - This input is needed when promoting across the v1.1 and v1.2
version boundary.

Outputs

The fitfile is updated to the most recent version. Not changed if already
current or if there is an error reading the file.

Keyword Output Parameters

Common Blocks

Side Effects

Restrictions

Normally, this routine will always promote file that is not at the latest
version level. However, if the version is v1.1 and RENORMFAC is not
provided, the file will not get promoted. If you can provide RENORMFAC
then the file will always get promoted if needed.

Procedure

Modification History

1997/10/09, Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory
2000/01/19, MWB, added version 1.1 support
2009/08/05, MWB, added version 1.2 support, total rewrite to eliminate
duplicated code between here and RDASTFC.PRO
2009/12/01, MWB, upgraded to version 1.3 support