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IRAFDIR Source code in irafdir.pro

IRAFDIR

Name
       IRAFDIR
Purpose
       Provide a brief description of the IRAF images on a directory
Calling Sequence
       IRAFDIR, [ directory, TEXTOUT = ]
Optional Input Parameters
       DIRECTORY - Scalar string giving file name, disk or directory to
               be searched
Keyword Parameters
       TEXTOUT - specifies output device (see TEXTOPEN)
               textout=1       TERMINAL using /more option
               textout=2       TERMINAL without /more option
               textout=3       .prt
               textout=4       laser.tmp
               textout=5      user must open file
               textout=7       Append to existing .prt file
               textout = 'filename' (default extension of .prt)
Output Parameters
       None
Procedure
       FINDFILE is used to find all '.imh' files in the directory.
       The object name and image size (NAXIS1, NAXIS2) are extracted
       from the header. Each header is also searched for the parameters
       DATE-OBS (or TDATEOBS), TELESCOP (or OBSERVAT), EXPTIME.
Restrictions
       (1) Some fields may be truncated since IRAFDIR uses a fixed format
Output Parameters
       (2) No more than 2 dimension sizes are displayed
System Variables
       If 'textout' keyword is not specified to select an output device,
       !TEXTOUT will be the default.    This non-standard system variable
       can be added using the procedure ASTROLIB.
Procedures Used
       EXPAND_TILDE(), FDECOMP, REMCHAR, TEXTOPEN, TEXTCLOSE
Revision History
       Written, K. Venkatakrishna, ST Systems Corp, August 1991
       Work for IRAF V2.11 format   W. Landsman   November 1997
       Converted to IDL V5.0   W. Landsman  2-Nov-1997

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