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fitstoms - Constructor

	Package	general
	Module	ms
	Tool	ms

Create an ms tool from a UVFITS file

Synopsis
fitstoms(msfile, fitsfile, readonly, lock, obstype, host, forcenewserver)

Arguments

msfile	in	Filename for the newly created measurement set
		Allowed:	String
		Default:	no default
fitsfile	in	UVFITS file to read
		Allowed:	String
		Default:	no default
readonly	in	open for read access only
		Allowed:	Boolean
		Default:	T
lock	in	lock the table for exclusive use
		Allowed:	Boolean
		Default:	F
obstype	in	specify the observation type: 0=standard, 1=fastmosaic, requiring small tiles in the measurementset
		Allowed:	Int
		Default:	0
host	in	host to start ms tool on
		Allowed:	String
		Default:	''
forcenewserver	in	start a new server tool
		Allowed:	Boolean
		Default:	F

Returns
ms tool or fail

Description
This constructor will convert a UVFITS file to a measurement set table and then create a ms tool that is attached to the measurement set table. The newly created measurement set table will continue to exist after the tool has been shutdown.

The last four arguments of this constructor are identical in behaviour to the ms constructor. See the documentation for that function for more details on their meaning.

Note that the variety of fits files that fitstoms is able to interpret correctly is limited mostly to files similar to those produced by classic AIPS. In particular, it understands only binary table extensions for the antenna (AN), frequency (FQ) and source (SU) information and ignores other extensions.

This function returns an ms tool or fail if something went wrong, like an error in a file name.

Example

      include 'ms.g'
      myms := fitstoms("3C273XC1.ms", "3C273XC1.fits")