Astro::FITS::Header::CFITSIO(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation			 Astro::FITS::Header::CFITSIO(3pm)

NAME

       Astro::FITS::Header::CFITSIO - Manipulates FITS headers from a FITS file

SYNOPSIS

	 use Astro::FITS::Header::CFITSIO;

	 $header = new Astro::FITS::Header::CFITSIO( Cards => @array );
	 $header = new Astro::FITS::Header::CFITSIO( File => $file );
	 $header = new Astro::FITS::Header::CFITSIO( fitsID => $ifits );

	 $header->writehdr( File => $file );
	 $header->writehdr( fitsID => $ifits );

DESCRIPTION

       This module makes use of the CFITSIO module to read and write directly to a FITS HDU.

       It stores information about a FITS header block in an object. Takes an hash as an argument, with either an array reference pointing to an
       array of FITS header cards, or a filename, or (alternatively) and FITS identifier.

REVISION

       $Id$

METHODS

       configure
	   Reads a FITS header from a FITS HDU

	     $header->configure( Cards => @cards );
	     $header->configure( fitsID => $ifits );
	     $header->configure( File => $file );
	     $header->configure( File => $file, ReadOnly => $bool );

	   Accepts an FITS identifier or a filename. If both fitsID and File keys exist, fitsID key takes priority.

	   If "File" is specified, the file is normally opened in ReadWrite mode.  The "ReadOnly" argument takes a boolean value which determines
	   whether the file is opened ReadOnly.

       writehdr
	   Write a FITS header to a FITS file

	     $header->writehdr( File => $file );
	     $header->writehdr( fitsID => $ifits );

	   Its accepts a FITS identifier or a filename. If both fitsID and File keys exist, fitsID key takes priority.

	   Returns undef on error, true if the header was written successfully.

NOTES

       This module requires Pete Ratzlaff's Astro::FITS::CFITSIO module, and  William Pence's "cfitsio" subroutine library (v2.1 or greater).

SEE ALSO

       Astro::FITS::Header, Astro::FITS::Header::Item, Astro::FITS::Header::NDF, Astro::FITS::CFITSIO

AUTHORS

       Alasdair Allan <aa@astro.ex.ac.uk>, Jim Lewis <jrl@ast.cam.ac.uk>, Diab Jerius.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2007-2009 Science & Technology Facilities Council.  Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council.
       All Rights Reserved.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
       the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
       Inc., 59 Temple Place,Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA

perl v5.14.2							    2012-06-30					 Astro::FITS::Header::CFITSIO(3pm)