ASAP can save scantables in a
variety of formats, suitable for reading into other packages. The
formats are:
- ASAP
- This is the internal format used for ASAP. It is the only
format that allows the user to restore the data, fits etc. without
loosing any information. As mentioned before, the ASAP scantable is
an AIPS++ Table (a memory-based table). This function just converts
it to a disk-based Table. You can the access that Table with the
AIPS++ Table browser or any other AIPS++ tool.
- SDFITS
- The Single Dish FITS format. This format was designed to
for interchange between packages, but few packages actually can read
it.
- ASCII
- A simple text based format suitable for the user to
processing using Perl or, Python, gnuplot etc.
- MS2
- Saves the data in an aips++ MeasurementSet V2 format.
You can also access this with the Table browser and other AIPS++
tools.
The default output format can be set in the users .asaprc file.
Typical usages are:
ASAP>scans.save('myscans') # Save in default format
ASAP>scans.save('myscans', overwrite=True) # Overwrite an existing file
Malte Marquarding
2007-08-16