MISSFITS

NAME

missfits - edit/check/maintain FITS files

SYNOPSIS

missfits input_file1 [input_file2 ...] [-c configuration-file]

[-parameter1 value1 -parameter2 value2 ...]

missfits

input_dir1 [input_dir2 ...] [-c configuration-file]
[-parameter1 value1 -parameter2 value2 ...]

missfits

input_prefix1 [input_prefix2 ...] [-c configuration-file]
[-parameter1 value1 -parameter2 value2 ...]

missfits -d

DESCRIPTION

MissFITS is a program that performs basic maintenance and packaging tasks on FITS files:
- add/edit/remove FITS header keywords
- split/join Multi-Extension-FITS (MEF) files
- unpack/pack FITS data-cubes
- create/check/update FITS checksums, using R. Seaman’s protocol
( see http://www.adass.org/adass/proceedings/adass94/seamanr.html)
- compress/decompress FITS data (*not yet available*)
See http://astromatic.net/software/missfits for more details.

Operation modes:

-h, --help

print this help, then exit

-V, --version

print version number, then exit

-d, --dump

dump a default configuration file

MANUAL

The full documentation for MissFITS is maintained as a PDF manual available at http://astromatic.net/software/missfits

REPORTING BUGS

Please report bugs to the MissFITS software forum at http://astromatic.net/forum.

SEE ALSO

eye(1), psfex(1), scamp(1), source-extractor(1), sky(1), stiff(1), stuff(1), swarp (1), weightwatcher(1)

AUTHORS

Written by Emmanuel Bertin and Chiara Marmo (Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris).

LICENSE

MissFITS is licensed under the terms of the General Public License (GPL), version 3.

COPYRIGHT

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.