[daip] Re: AIPS question...

[Eric Greisen]

Anthony Remijan writes:
 > I have a very stupid AIPS question.
 > 
 > I have data taken on Oct 15th that actually was written into 2 different 
 > data files because it went past 00UT...they are written out at AH865_1 
 > and AH865_2.  I downloaded them to a directory on my machine called: 
 > /home/aremijan/ResearchDATA/VLAGAData.  I then cd'ed to that directory 
 > and started AIPS.
 > 
 > I went to read them in using FILLM but I can't seem to get FILLM to find 
 > them.  Futher, FILLM won't let me input VLAOBS'AH865_1'...it gives me a 
 > "string value" error and doesnt write the filename into the list...

   Assuming your environment variable VLAOBS is set to point at the
directory containing the data, the correct grammar is
     INFILE = 'VLAOBS:AH865_'
     NFILES=0
for FILLM.  This is described in some detail in the FILLM help file
and the help file for INFILE and the CookBook chapter 2,3, and 12.
FILLM is a bit special in that it appends the file numbers (1 and 2)
to the name you give - hence no number after the _.  The quotes go
around the full string and a colon separates the environment variable
and the file name.

Eric Greisen

 > 
 > Basically, I need to read them both in and write to a common file.  I 
 > know there is a simple way to do this.  Can you help me out here.  I 
 > know this may seem like such a mundane question but Im still getting 
 > used to using AIPS.