1.1.1.0 image.sethistory

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image.sethistory - Function

1.1.1 Set the history for an image

Description

A CASA image file can accumulate history information from an input FITS file or by you writing something into it explicitly with this function. Each element of the input vector is one line of history. The new history is appended to the old.

You can recover the history information with function history.

Arguments


Inputs
origin	Used to set message origin. Default is image::sethistory.
	allowed:	string
	Default:
history	New history
	allowed:	stringArray
	Default:

Returns
bool

Example

"""
#
print "\t----\t sethistory Ex 1 \t----"
ia.maketestimage(’myfile’,overwrite=true)
h = ia.history()
# Adds three lines, ’I’, ’like’ and ’fish’
ia.sethistory(origin="sethistory", history=["I","like","fish"])
ia.close()
#
"""

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