daotest: Run basic tests on the daophot package tasks
Package: daophot
Usage
daotest imname
Parameters
- imname
- The root name of the output test images. The input test image is stored in fits format in the DAOPHOT package test directory. If the image already exists DAOTEST will exit with a warning message.
- daologfile = ""
- The name of the output log file. By default all the output image header listings and photometry file output is logged in a file called "imname.log". If the log file already exists DAOTEST will exit with a warning message.
- daoplotfile = ""
- The name of the output plot file. By default all the graphics output is logged in a file called "imname.plot". If the plot file already exists DAOTEST will exit with a warning message.
Description
DAOTEST is a simple script which exercises each of the major tasks in the DAOPHOT package in turn. At startup DAOTEST reads a small fits image stored in the DAOPHOT test subdirectory and creates the image imname in the user's working directory. DAOTEST initializes the DAOPHOT package by returning all the parameters to their default state, runs each of the DAOPHOT tasks in non-interactive mode, spools the text output to the file daologfile, the graphics output from the PSF task to the plot metacode file applotfile, and the image output from PSF, SUBSTAR and ADDSTAR to imname.psf.1, imname.sub.1, and imname.add.1 respectively.
Examples
1. Check to see that all the DAOPHOT tasks are functioning correctly.
da> daophot
... load the daophot package
da> daotest testim
... run the test script
da> lprint testim.log
... print the text output
da> gkidir testim.plot
... list the contents of the plot file
da> gkiextract testim.plot 1-N | stdplot
... send the plots to the plotter
da> display testim 1
... display the original image
da> surface testim.psf.1
... make a surface plot of the psf look-up table
da> display testim.sub.1 1
... display the image with all the stars fitted by ALLSTAR
subtracted out
da> display testim.add.1 1
... display the image containing three additional artificial
stars added by the ADDSTAR routine