; OUTFILE
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;! specifies name of output disk file, not in regular catalog
;# ADVERB GENERAL HARDCOPY
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OUTFILE
Type: Adverb  (String*48)
Use:  To specify the name of some disk file outside the usual AIPS
      catalog system to be used as output from an AIPS verb or task.
      The file can be a text file giving a printer display or a
      graphics plot for printing or it can be a FITS file containing
      ASCII headers and binary data.

Format: The name is usually given by specifying a logical device plus
      directory, followed by a colon, followed by the actual file
      name.  In Unix, logicals are environment variables.  The
      logical name must be set up before entering the AIPS program
      and is usually in upper case.  Thus, for example:
             % setenv MYAREA ~joeuser
      for the C shell, and
             $ myarea=$HOME; export MYAREA
      for bourne, korn, and bash shells.  Then in AIPS,
             OUTFILE = 'MYAREA:FITS.DAT'
      Note that the Unix-standard $ ahead of the logical is omitted.
      AIPS-standard logicals like FITS (often AIPS/FITS) are available
      also.  Other forms are now acceptable as well:
             OUTFILE = 'FITS.DAT
      will find the file in the $FITS directory (when reading or
      writing FITS disk files) or in the directory local when you
      started AIPS.  A full path name may also be given
             OUTFILE = '/home/primate2/egreisen/AIPS/Text.prt
      if it fits in 48 characters.  Note that the trailing quote mark
      is left off and this is the last command on the input line so
      that the case is preserved.

      In most programs, it is regarded as an error if OUTFILE already
      exists.  Some may concatenate to or replace pre-existing
      OUTFILEs.

      Under UNIX, it is now possible to read and write tape files with
      other, cooperating computers.  If the other computer is running
      the AIPS "deamon" task TPMON, then INFILE may also take the form
            <node>::<logical>:<file-name>
      where <node> is the name of the other computer, and <logical> is
      a name known to TPMON on that computer.  This limitation
      probably requires you to use the $FITS or $RUNFIL or other
      widely known AIPS areas.  (For real tape, the node name is given
      in the MOUNT command instead.) This option only applies to tapes
      (i.e. FITTP).

Null value:  '          '
      Taken to mean no subsidiary file.  This can be an error.
      For tapes, it means use a real tape drive given by INTAPE
      (which must already be MOUNTed).

Verbs:
    HITEXT.......Writes lines from history file to text file
    SG2RUN.......

Procedures:
    FITDISK......
    WRTDISK......

Tasks:
    AFILE.....Sorts and edits MkIII correlator A-file
    BLSUM.....Sums images over irregular sub-images, displays spectra
    CANPL.....Plots AIPS plot file on Canon laser printer
    CONFI.....Optimize array configuration by minimum side lobes
    CONPL.....Plots AIPS gridding convolution functions
    DTCHK.....Task to check results of a test using simulated data.
    EXTAB.....Exports AIPS table data as tab-separated text
    FITAB.....Writes images / uv data w extensions to tape in FITS
              format
    FITTP.....Converts AIPS UV and images to FITS files
    FRMAP.....Task to build a map using fringe rate spectra
    FRPLT.....Task to plot fringe rate spectra
    GAL.......Determine parameters from a velocity field
    HF2SV.....Convert HF tables from FRING/MBDLY to form used by
              Calc/Solve
    IMEAN.....displays mean & extrema and plots histogram of an image
    IMTXT.....Write an image to an external text file
    LWPLA.....Plots AIPS plot file on PostScript printer
    MOMFT.....Calculates images of moments of a sub-image
    OMFIT.....Fits sources and, optionally, a self-cal model to uv
              data
    PBEAM.....Fits analytic function to the measured values of the
              beam
    POSSM.....Plots total and cross-power spectra from uv data:
              OUTFILE used to keep spectrum values
    QMSPL.....Plots AIPS plot file on QMS laser printer
    SERCH.....Finds line signals in transposed data cube
    SLCOL.....Colates slice data and models
    SLICE.....Task to make a slice file from an image
    TBOUT.....Writes an AIPS table into a text file for user editing
    TCOPY.....Tape to tape copy with some disk FITS support
    TFILE.....Sorts and edits MkIII correlator UNIX-based A-file.
    TVCPS.....Task to copy a TV screen-image to a PostScript file.
    TVRGB.....Make TV image from images of true color (RGB) images
    UVCON.....Generate sample UV coverage given a user defined array
              layout
    UVCRS.....Finds the crossing points of UV-ellipses.
    VLOG......Pre-process external VLBA calibration files
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