Name

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IRAFDIR

Purpose

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Provide a brief description of the IRAF images on a directory

Calling Sequence

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IRAFDIR, [ directory, TEXTOUT = ]

Optional Input Parameters

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DIRECTORY - Scalar string giving file name, disk or directory to
be searched

Optional Input Keyword

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TEXTOUT - specifies output device (see TEXTOPEN)
textout=1 TERMINAL using /more option
textout=2 TERMINAL without /more option
textout=3 <program>.prt
textout=4 laser.tmp
textout=5 user must open file
textout=7 Append to existing <program>.prt file
textout = 'filename' (default extension of .prt)

Output Parameters

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None

Procedure

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FINDFILE is used to find all '.imh' files in the directory.
The object name and image size (NAXIS1, NAXIS2) are extracted
from the header. Each header is also searched for the parameters
DATE-OBS (or TDATEOBS), TELESCOP (or OBSERVAT), EXPTIME.
 

Restrictions

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(1) Some fields may be truncated since IRAFDIR uses a fixed format

Output

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(2) No more than 2 dimension sizes are displayed

System Variables

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If 'textout' keyword is not specified to select an output device,
!TEXTOUT will be the default. This non-standard system variable
can be added using the procedure ASTROLIB.

Procedure Calls

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EXPAND_TILDE(), FDECOMP, REMCHAR, TEXTOPEN, TEXTCLOSE

Modification History

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Written, K. Venkatakrishna, ST Systems Corp, August 1991
Work for IRAF V2.11 format W. Landsman November 1997
Assume since V5.5 use file_search W. Landsman Sep 2006