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CONVERT
A Format-conversion Package
Version 1.5-15
User's Manual

Starlink User Note 55.24
Malcolm J. Currie
G.J.Privett
A.J.Chipperfield
D.S.Berry
A.C.Davenhall
2008 October 9

CCLRC / Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Particle Physics & Astronomy Research Council

Starlink Project

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Abstract
Introduction
Running CONVERT
- Starting CONVERT from the UNIX shell
- Starting CONVERT from ICL
- Issuing CONVERT Commands
- Obtaining Help
- Hypertext Help
Automatic Format Conversion with the NDF Library
- The Default Conversion Commands
Acknowledgments
Specifications of CONVERT Applications
- Explanatory Notes
- ASCII2NDF - Converts a text file to an NDF
- AST2NDF - Converts an Asterix data cube into a simple NDF
- DA2NDF - Converts a direct-access unformatted file to an NDF
- DST2NDF - Converts a Figaro (Version 2) DST file to an NDF
- FITS2NDF - Converts FITS files into NDFs
- GASP2NDF - Converts an image in GASP format to an NDF
- GIF2NDF - Converts a GIF file into an NDF.
- IRAF2NDF - Converts an IRAF image to an NDF
- IRCAM2NDF - Converts an IRCAM data file to a series of NDFs
- MTFITS2NDF - Converts FITS magnetic tape files into NDFs.
- NDF2ASCII - Converts an NDF to a text file
- NDF2DA - Converts an NDF to a direct-access unformatted file
- NDF2DST - Converts an NDF to a Figaro (Version 2) DST file
- NDF2FITS - Converts NDFs into FITS files
- NDF2GASP - Converts a two-dimensional NDF into a GASP image
- NDF2GIF - Converts an NDF into a GIF file.
- NDF2IRAF - Converts an NDF to an IRAF image
- NDF2PGM - Converts an NDF to a PBMPLUS-style PGM-format file.
- NDF2TIFF - Converts an NDF to an 8-bit TIFF-6.0-format file.
- NDF2UNF - Converts an NDF to a sequential unformatted file
- SPECX2NDF - Converts a SPECX map into a simple data cube, or SPECX data files to individual spectra.
- TIFF2NDF - Converts a TIFF file into an NDF.
- UNF2NDF - Converts a sequential unformatted file to an NDF
Handling NDFs in IDL
- The Easy Way
- Other Methods
Specifications of CONVERT IDL Procedures
- READ_NDF - Convert a Starlink NDF to an IDL array.
- WRITE_NDF - Convert an IDL array to a Starlink NDF.
- HDS2IDL - Convert a Starlink HDS file to an IDL variable.
- IDL2HDS - Convert an IDL variable to a Starlink HDS file.
IRAF Versions
Release Notes - V1.2
- New Applications
- Changed applications
- Documentation
Release Notes - V1.2-4
Release Notes - V1.3-2
- Release Notes - V1.3-5
- Release Notes - V1.3-6
Release Notes - V1.4
- Release Notes - V1.4-1
- Release Notes - V1.4-2
- Release Notes - V1.4-3
- Release Notes - V1.4-4
Release Notes - V1.5
- Release Notes - V1.5-4
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CONVERT A Format-conversion Package
Starlink User Note 55
Malcolm J. Currie
G.J.Privett
A.J.Chipperfield
D.S.Berry
A.C.Davenhall
2008 October 9
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk

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CONVERT A Format-conversion Package Version 1.5-15 User's Manual

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CONVERT
A Format-conversion Package
Version 1.5-15
User's Manual

CCLRC / Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Particle Physics & Astronomy Research Council