funopen(3)							SAORD Documentation							funopen(3)

NAME

       FunOpen - open a Funtools data file

SYNOPSIS

	 #include <funtools.h>

	 Fun FunOpen(char *name, char *mode, Fun ref);

DESCRIPTION

       The FunOpen() routine opens a Funtools data file for reading or appending, or creates a new FITS file for writing. The name argument speci-
       fies the name of the Funtools data file to open. You can use IRAF-style bracket notation to specify Funtools Files, Extensions, and Fil-
       ters.  A separate call should be made each time a different FITS extension is accessed:

	 Fun fun;
	 char *iname;
	 ...
	 if( !(fun = FunOpen(iname, "r", NULL)) ){
	   fprintf(stderr, "could not FunOpen input file: %s
", iname);
	   exit(1);
	 }

       If mode is "r", the file is opened for reading, and processing is set up to begin at the specified extension. For reading, name can be
       stdin, in which case the standard input is read.

       If mode is "w", the file is created if it does not exist, or opened and truncated for writing if it does exist. Processing starts at the
       beginning of the file.  The name can be stdout, in which case the standard output is readied for processing.

       If mode is "a", the file is created if it does not exist, or opened if it does exist. Processing starts at the end of the file.	The name
       can be stdout, in which case the standard output is readied for processing.

       When a Funtools file is opened for writing or appending, a previously opened Funtools reference handle can be specified as the third argu-
       ment. This handle typically is associated with the input Funtools file that will be used to generate the data for the output data.  When a
       reference file is specified in this way, the output file will inherit the (extension) header parameters from the input file:

	 Fun fun, fun2;
	 ...
	 /* open input file */
	 if( !(fun = FunOpen(argv[1], "r", NULL)) )
	   gerror(stderr, "could not FunOpen input file: %s
", argv[1]);
	 /* open the output FITS image, inheriting params from input */
	 if( !(fun2 = FunOpen(argv[2], "w", fun)) )
	   gerror(stderr, "could not FunOpen output file: %s
", argv[2]);

       Thus, in the above example, the output FITS binary table file will inherit all of the parameters associated with the input binary table
       extension.

       A file opened for writing with a Funtools reference handle also inherits the selected columns (i.e. those columns chosen for processing
       using the FunColumnSelect() routine) from the reference file as its default columns. This makes it easy to open an output file in such a
       way that the columns written to the output file are the same as the columns read in the input file. Of course, column selection can easily
       be tailored using the FunColumnSelect() routine.  In particular, it is easy to merge user-defined columns with the input columns to gener-
       ate a new file.	See the evmerge for a complete example.

       In addition, when a Funtools reference handle is supplied in a FunOpen() call, it is possible also to specify that all other extensions
       from the reference file (other than the input extension being processed) should be copied from the reference file to the output file. This
       is useful, for example, in a case where you are processing a FITS binary table or image and you want to copy all of the other extensions to
       the output file as well.  Copy of other extensions is controlled by adding a "C" or "c" to the mode string of the FunOpen() call of the
       input reference file.  If "C" is specified, then other extensions are always copied (i.e., copy is forced by the application).  If "c" is
       used, then other extensions are copied if the user requests copying by adding a plus sign "+" to the extension name in the bracket specifi-
       cation.	For example, the funtable program utilizes "c" mode, giving users the option of copying all other extensions:

	 /* open input file -- allow user copy of other extensions */
	 if( !(fun = FunOpen(argv[1], "rc", NULL)) )
	   gerror(stderr, "could not FunOpen input file: %s
", argv[1]);
	 /* open the output FITS image, inheriting params from input */
	 if( !(fun2 = FunOpen(argv[2], "w", fun)) )
	   gerror(stderr, "could not FunOpen output file: %s
", argv[2]);

       Thus, funtable supports either of these command lines:

	 # copy only the EVENTS extension
	 csh> funtable "test.ev[EVENTS,circle(512,512,10)]" foo.ev
	 # copy ALL extensions
	 csh> funtable "test.ev[EVENTS+,circle(512,512,10)]" foo.ev

       Use of a Funtools reference handle implies that the input file is opened before the output file.  However, it is important to note that if
       copy mode ("c" or "C") is specified for the input file, the actual input file open is delayed until just after the output file is opened,
       since the copy of prior extensions to the output file takes place while Funtools is seeking to the specified input extension.  This implies
       that the output file should be opened before any I/O is done on the input file or else the copy will fail.  Note also that the copy of sub-
       sequent extension will be handled automatically by FunClose() if the output file is closed before the input file. Alternatively, it can be
       done explicitly by FunFlush(), but again, this assumes that the input file still is open.

       Upon success FunOpen() returns a Fun handle that is used in subsequent Funtools calls. On error, NULL is returned.

SEE ALSO

       See funtools(7) for a list of Funtools help pages

version 1.4.2							  January 2, 2008							funopen(3)