- NAME
FXBHELP
- Purpose
Prints short description of columns in a FITS binary table.
- Explanation
Prints a short description of the columns in a FITS binary table to the
terminal screen.
- Use
FXBHELP, UNIT
- Inputs
UNIT = Logical unit number of file opened by FXBOPEN.
- Opt. Inputs
None.
- Outputs
None.
- Opt. Outputs
None.
- Keywords
None.
- Calls
FXBFIND, FXBFINDLUN, FXPAR
- Common
Uses common block FXBINTABLE--see "fxbintable.pro" for more
information.
- Restrictions
The file must have been opened with FXBOPEN.
- Side effects
Certain fields may be truncated in the display.
- Category
Data Handling, I/O, FITS, Generic.
- Prev. Hist.
William Thompson, Feb. 1992, from TBHELP by W. Landsman.
- Written
William Thompson, GSFC, February 1992.
- Modified
Version 1, William Thompson, GSFC, 12 April 1993.
Incorporated into CDS library.
Version 2, William Thompson, GSFC, 12 May 1993.
Modified to not write to a logical unit number assigned to the
terminal. This makes it compatible with IDL for Windows.
ersion 3, Wayne Landsman GSFC April 2010
Remove use of obsolete !ERR system variable
- Version
Version 3, April 2010.