MATCHUP

Name

matchup

Purpose

Read a batch of FITS files and create a list of common object exposures.

Description

Calling Sequence

matchup,root

Inputs

root - String, root of file name for the FITS files.

Optional Input Parameters

Keyword Input Parameters

OUTFILE - Name of output match file, default = root+'.match'
PATH - Path of where to find the source images, default=current directory.
PATTERN - File searching pattern, default='.???'
OBJECTKEY - Name of FITS keyword to use for the object name (default=OBJECT)

Outputs

Keyword Output Parameters

Common Blocks

Side Effects

Restrictions

Procedure

Modification History

98/06/23, Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory
99/04/25 - MWB, Removed spawn call to make it work under Windows
99/06/10, MWB, added pattern keyword
2000/02/05, MWB, Added support for '.fits' tag on file names.
2001/05/16, MWB, added OBJECTKEY keyword
2004/9/21, MWB, removed obsolete call to Findfile