casa6

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# Task to print a summary of the content of an SDM dataset

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# v1.0: 2012.02.13, M. Caillat

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import os

from taskinit import *

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def asdmsummary(asdm=None):

    """Prints a description of the content of an SDM dataset to the CASA logger.

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    Keyword argument:

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    asdm -- Name of the input SDM directory.

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    """

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    try:

        casalog.origin('asdmsummary')

        theexecutable = 'asdmSummary'

        execute_string = theexecutable + ' ' + '--logfile \"' +casalog.logfile() +'\"'+ ' ' + asdm

#        execute_string = theexecutable + ' '  + asdm

        casalog.post('Running ' + execute_string)

        exitcode = os.system(execute_string) >> 8

        if exitcode != 0 :

            casalog.post(theexecutable+' terminated with exit code '+str(exitcode), 'SEVERE')

            raise Exception, "Error while trying to produce a summary of '+" + asdm + "'."

    except Exception, instance:

        print '*** Error ***', instance

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