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writetape noao.imred.vtel writetape

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NAME

writetape -- Write 5 grams to tape in full disk format. (Used as intermediate step in 10830 processing.

USAGE

writetape input_root tape_name

PARAMETERS

getname
Root name for input files.
getmtape
Tape file descriptor.

DESCRIPTION

Writetape takes as input five(5) full disk grams in IRAF image format and writes them to tape in a format identicle to the original full disk grams produced on the vacuum telescope. The input image names are expected to be the "input_root" name concatinated with the numbers "1", "2", ... "5". Writetape calls writevt and is a cl script file.

EXAMPLES

1. To write five files with root name m1585 to tape mta, the command would be:

	vt> writetape m1585 mta

SEE ALSO

readvt, writevt


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