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missfits(1)

NAME

   missfits - edit/check/maintain FITS files

SYNOPSIS

   missfits input_file1 [input_file2 ...] [-c configuration-file]
          [-parameter1 value1 -parameter2 value2 ...]

   missfits
          input_dir1 [input_dir2 ...] [-c configuration-file]
          [-parameter1 value1 -parameter2 value2 ...]

   missfits
          input_prefix1 [input_prefix2 ...] [-c configuration-file]
          [-parameter1 value1 -parameter2 value2 ...]

   missfits -d

DESCRIPTION

   MissFITS  is  a  program  that performs basic maintenance and packaging
   tasks on FITS files:
   - add/edit/remove FITS header keywords
   - split/join Multi-Extension-FITS (MEF) files
   - unpack/pack FITS data-cubes
   - create/check/update FITS checksums, using R. Seaman's protocol
           (                                                           see
   http://www.adass.org/adass/proceedings/adass94/seamanr.html)
   - compress/decompress FITS data (*not yet available*)
   See http://astromatic.net/software/missfits for more details.

   Operation modes:
   -h, --help
          print this help, then exit

   -V, --version
          print version number, then exit

   -d, --dump
          dump a default configuration file

MANUAL

   The  full  documentation  for  MissFITS  is  maintained as a PDF manual
   available at http://astromatic.net/software/missfits

REPORTING BUGS

   Please   report   bugs   to   the   MissFITS    software    forum    at
   http://astromatic.net/forum.

SEE ALSO

    eye(1), psfex(1), scamp(1), sextractor(1), sky(1), stiff(1), stuff(1),
   swarp (1), ww(1)

AUTHORS

   Written by Emmanuel Bertin and Chiara Marmo  (Institut  d'Astrophysique
   de Paris).

LICENSE

   MissFITS  is  licensed  under  the  terms of the General Public License
   (GPL), version 3.

COPYRIGHT

   This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
   NO  warranty;  not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
   PURPOSE.



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