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NAME

swfilecheck - check FITS file

USAGE

swfilecheck infile=swuvv.img

DESCRIPTION

This tool performs data and keyword checks on a FITS file. These values can be passed in the optcheck parameter for controlling which checks are performed:


	SWIFT		perform Swift data checks
	FTVERIFY	run ftverify?
	CHECKSUM	test HDU checksums
	TESTDATA	ftverify testdata parameter
	TESTFILL	ftverify testfill parameter
	HEASARC		check HEASARC conventions
	COMMENT		check keyword comments

special keywords:
	MJDREF
	HDUNAME
	TSCAL
	TZERO
	TDIM
	TMINMAX		TDMIN, TDMAX, TLMIN, TLMAX
	TNULL
	RADEC_NOM	RA_NOM, DEC_NOM

PARAMETERS

infile [filename]: FITS file to check.
(optcheck = SWIFT,FTVERIFY,CHECKSUM,TESTDATA,TESTFILL,HEADAS) [string]: Optional checks to perform in a comma-delimited list of values. The values to include are shown in the task DESCRIPTION.
(numerrors = 0) [integer]: Output parameter indicating number of errors.
(numwarnings = 0) [integer]: Output parameter indicating number of warnings.
(chatter = 3) [integer] <1-5>: Standard HEAdas chatter parameter.

EXAMPLES

The following examples illustrate running swfilecheck

1. run swfilecheck on a file

      swfilecheck infile=sw12345678123type.fits

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