pro fits_help,file_or_fcb ;+ ; NAME: ; FITS_HELP ; ;*PURPOSE: ; To print a summary of the primary data units and extensions in a ; FITS file. ; ;*CATEGORY: ; INPUT/OUTPUT ; ;*CALLING SEQUENCE: ; FITS_HELP,filename_or_fcb ; ;*INPUTS: ; FILENAME_OR_FCB - name of the fits file or the FITS Control Block (FCB) ; returned by FITS_OPEN. ; ;*OUTPUTS: ; a summary of the fits file is printed. ; ;*EXAMPLES: ; FITS_HELP,'myfile.fits' ; ; FITS_OPEN,'anotherfile.fits',fcb ; FITS_HELP,fcb ; ;*PROCEDURES USED: ; FITS_OPEN, FITS_CLOSE ;*HISTORY: ; Written by: D. Lindler August, 1995 ; Converted to IDL V5.0 W. Landsman September 1997 ;- ;----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ; ; print calling sequence ; if n_params(0) eq 0 then begin print,'Syntax - FITS_HELP,file_or_fcb' return endif ; ; Open file if file name is supplied ; s = size(file_or_fcb) & fcbtype = s[s[0]+1] fcbsize = n_elements(file_or_fcb) if (fcbsize ne 1) or ((fcbtype ne 7) and (fcbtype ne 8)) then begin print, 'FITS_HELP: Invalid Filename or FCB supplied' retall end if fcbtype eq 7 then fits_open,file_or_fcb,fcb $ else fcb = file_or_fcb ; ; print headings ; print,' ' print,FCB.FILENAME print,' ' print,' XTENSION EXTNAME EXTVER EXTLEVEL BITPIX GCOUNT ' + $ 'PCOUNT NAXIS NAXIS*' print,' ' ; ; loop on extensions ; for i=0,fcb.nextend do begin st = string(i,'(I4)') ; ; xtension, extname, extver, extlevel (except for i=0) ; if i gt 0 then begin t = fcb.xtension[i] while strlen(t) lt 8 do t = t + ' ' st = st + ' '+ strmid(t,0,8) t = fcb.extname[i] while strlen(t) lt 10 do t = t + ' ' st = st + ' '+ strmid(t,0,10) t = fcb.extver[i] if t eq 0 then st = st + ' ' $ else st = st + string(t,'(I5)') t = fcb.extlevel[i] if t eq 0 then st = st + ' ' $ else st = st + string(t,'(I8)') end else st = st + ' ' ; ; bitpix, gcount, pcount, naxis ; st = st + string(fcb.bitpix[i],'(I6)') st = st + string(fcb.gcount[i],'(I7)') st = st + string(fcb.pcount[i],'(I7)') st = st + string(fcb.naxis[i],'(I6)') ; ; naxis* ; st = st + ' ' if fcb.naxis[i] gt 0 then begin for k=0,fcb.naxis[i]-1 do begin if k gt 0 then st = st + ' x ' st = st + strtrim(fcb.axis[k,i],2) end end ; ; print the info ; print,st end if fcbtype eq 7 then fits_close,fcb return end