fits2idia

C++ implementation of FITS to IDIA-HDF5 converter, optimised using OpenMP

Installation

Dependencies: CFITSIO, HDF5, HDF5 C++ bindings

To install:

mkdir -p build
cd build
cmake ..
make

Commandline options

Run the executable with no parameters to see a list of options. The most important are:

-o      Output filename
-s      Use slower but less memory-intensive method (enable if memory allocation fails)
-p      Print progress output (by default the program is silent)
-m      Report predicted memory usage and exit without performing the conversion

Configuration

A system administrator may set a memory usage limit in the /etc/fits2idiarc configuration file. The executable will not attempt to convert a file if the predicted memory usage exceeds this limit. A value of 0 means that there is no limit. Use a very small value (like 1) to disable all conversions.

An example configuration file is provided in the static directory, and is installed by the Ubuntu package to usr/share/doc/fits2idia/examples.