NAME

Astro::FITS::Header::CFITSIO - Manipulates FITS headers from a FITS file

SYNOPSIS

  use Astro::FITS::Header::CFITSIO;

  $header = new Astro::FITS::Header::CFITSIO( Cards => \@array );
  $header = new Astro::FITS::Header::CFITSIO( File => $file );
  $header = new Astro::FITS::Header::CFITSIO( fitsID => $ifits );

  $header->writehdr( File => $file );
  $header->writehdr( fitsID => $ifits );

DESCRIPTION

This module makes use of the CFITSIO module to read and write directly to a FITS HDU.

It stores information about a FITS header block in an object. Takes an hash as an argument, with either an array reference pointing to an array of FITS header cards, or a filename, or (alternatively) and FITS identifier.

REVISION

$Id$

METHODS

configure

Reads a FITS header from a FITS HDU

  $header->configure( Cards => \@cards );
  $header->configure( fitsID => $ifits );
  $header->configure( File => $file );
  $header->configure( File => $file, ReadOnly => $bool );

Accepts an FITS identifier or a filename. If both fitsID and File keys exist, fitsID key takes priority.

If "File" is specified, the file is normally opened in ReadWrite mode. The "ReadOnly" argument takes a boolean value which determines whether the file is opened ReadOnly.

writehdr

Write a FITS header to a FITS file

  $header->writehdr( File => $file );
  $header->writehdr( fitsID => $ifits );

Its accepts a FITS identifier or a filename. If both fitsID and File keys exist, fitsID key takes priority.

Returns undef on error, true if the header was written successfully.

NOTES

This module requires Pete Ratzlaff's Astro::FITS::CFITSIO module, and William Pence's "cfitsio" subroutine library (v2.1 or greater).

AUTHORS

Alasdair Allan <aa@astro.ex.ac.uk>, Jim Lewis <jrl@ast.cam.ac.uk>, Diab Jerius.

COPYRIGHT

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

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