breakup splits large files

breakup splits up the large ultracam run***.dat files. This can be useful for backup and for generally managing the large files produced by ultracam. It also makes copies of the equivalent .xml files to go along with the .dats The routine ensures that the files are broken into integral numbers of exposures.

Invocation

breakup file

Arguments

file---The file to break (without the .dat extension)
maxsize---The maximum size in bytes of the output files

Classes

This command is a member of the class: Scripts.

Author: T.R. Marsh
Revised: 10 Dec 2003


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