5.1.2.0 sd.scantable.save

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sd.scantable.save - Function

5.1.2 Store the scantable on disk
Description

Store the scantable on disk. This can be an asap (CASA Table), SDFITS or MS2 format.

The output filename can be specified as name. For format ’ASCII’, this is the root file name (data in ’name’.txt and header in ’name’_header.txt). If no name is given, the default name will be used. The format is optinal file format. Default is ’ASAP’. Allows are:

’ASAP’ (save as ASAP [CASA Table])
’SDFITS’ (save as SDFITS file)
’ASCII’ (saves as ascii text file)
’MS2’ (saves as an casacore MeasurementSet V2)
’FITS’ (save as image FITS - not readable by class)
’CLASS’ (save as FITS readable by CLASS)

If overwrite argument is True, the file should be overwritten if it exists. The default False is to return with warning without writing the output. USE WITH CARE.

Arguments


Inputs
name	The name of the output file
	allowed:	string
	Default:	None
format	An optional file format
	allowed:	string
	Default:	None
overwrite	Overwrite existing file
	allowed:	bool
	Default:	False

Returns

Example

        scan = sd.scantable(’OrionS_rawACSmod_cal’)
        scan.save(’myscan.asap’)
        scan.save(’myscan.sdfits’, ’SDFITS’)

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