The .last file

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1.4.5.8 The .last file

Whenever you successfully execute a CASA task, a Python script file called <taskname>.last will be written (or over-written) into the current working directory. For example, if you ran the listobs task as detailed above, then

CASA <14>: vis = ’ngc5921.ms’

CASA <15>: verbose = True

CASA <16>: listobs()

CASA <17>: !more ’listobs.last’
IPython system call: more listobs.last
taskname           = "listobs"
vis                =  "ngc5921.ms"
verbose            =  True
listfile           =  ""
#listobs(vis="ngc5921.ms",verbose=False,listfile="")

You can restore the parameter values from the save file using

CASA <18>: execfile(’listobs.last’)

CASA <19>: run listobs.last

Note that the .last file in generally not created until the task actually finished (successfully), so it is often best to manually create a save file beforehand using the saveinputs command if you are running a critical task that you strongly desire to have the inputs saved for.

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