Name

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FXBHELP

Purpose

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Prints short description of columns in a FITS binary table.

Explanation

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Prints a short description of the columns in a FITS binary table to the
terminal screen.

Use

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FXBHELP, UNIT

Inputs

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UNIT = Logical unit number of file opened by FXBOPEN.
  Opt. Inputs :
None.

Outputs

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None.
  Opt. Outputs:
None.

Keywords

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None.

Calls

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FXBFIND, FXBFINDLUN, FXPAR
  Common :
Uses common block FXBINTABLE--see "fxbintable.pro" for more
information.

Restrictions

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The file must have been opened with FXBOPEN.

Side Effects

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Certain fields may be truncated in the display.

Category

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Data Handling, I/O, FITS, Generic.
  Prev. Hist. :
William Thompson, Feb. 1992, from TBHELP by W. Landsman.
  Written :
William Thompson, GSFC, February 1992.
  Modified :
Version 1, William Thompson, GSFC, 12 April 1993.
Incorporated into CDS library.
Version 2, William Thompson, GSFC, 12 May 1993.
Modified to not write to a logical unit number assigned to the
terminal. This makes it compatible with IDL for Windows.
      Version 3, Wayne Landsman GSFC April 2010
                Remove use of obsolete !ERR system variable

Version

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Version 3, April 2010.