NAME:
cloneast
PURPOSE: (one line only)
Clone astrometric solutions from one night to another
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORY:
Astrometry
CALLING SEQUENCE:
cloneast,otherdir,offset
INPUTS:
otherdir - String pointing to the other directory from which to get
astrometric solution
offset - Numeric offset of file name. Files are named YYMMDD.nnn in
each directory. When linked, the root name is changed and
the other frame has the offset added to the suffix number.
OPTIONAL INPUT PARAMETERS:
KEYWORD INPUT PARAMETERS:
OVERWRITE - if set, overwrite solution, otherwise skip frames with
pre-existing solutions
MAXOTHER - Largest image number to copy solution from in the other
directory. Default=199. This prevents cloning a solution
that has already been cloned.
OUTPUTS:
KEYWORD OUTPUT PARAMETERS:
COMMON BLOCKS:
SIDE EFFECTS:
RESTRICTIONS:
PROCEDURE:
MODIFICATION HISTORY:
Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory, 2003/06/23
2003/07/03, MWB, added MAXOTHER keyword
2004/07/21, MWB, added creation of symbolic links for srd and psf files
2009/08/05, MWB, modified for new rd/wrastfc versions