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1This is the FACT construction data ingest and verification scripts README
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3In order to ingest data, use either auxIngest.sh or rawIngest.sh appropriately.
4Raw Ingest:
5 - if file is corrupted, a tentative repair is done
6 - add missing END tag
7 - reduce file size so that it re-become compliant to fits
8 - Keywords are checked and added or updated if required.
9 - checksum is added to the file
10 - if file has been repaired successfully, then it is moved to the archive
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12Aux Ingest:
13 - if file is corrupted, a tentative repair is done
14 - add missing END tag
15 - reduce file size so that it re-become compliant to fits
16 - if more rows seem to be present, restore extra rows while the time value seems correct (i.e. around the expected value)
17 - If mjdref was not substracted to Time column, Time column is updated accordingly
18 - Keywords are checked and added or updated if required.
19 - checksum is added to the file
20 - if file has been repaired successfully, then it is moved to the archive
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23Checked keywords:
24 - TSTARTI
25 - TSTARTF
26 - TSTOPI
27 - TSTOPF
28 - DATE-OBS
29 - DATE-END
30 - TELESCOP
31 - PACKAGE
32 - ORIGIN
33 - TIMEUNIT
34 - MJDREF
35 - TIMESYS
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37It takes source and dest folders as argument, the last arg being the string to append to log filenames.
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39You will need the programs which source is included in this folder: please compile them appropriately
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41The ingested data headers can be checked with checkForHeaderUpdatesAux/Raw.sh
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43while the actual data can be compared with checkRawFioleIntegrityAndContent.sh
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45This script will not work on aux data because the time column may have been updated. hence different files.
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