NAME

dsn_summary.pl - Generate summary of near-term Chandra DSN schedule


SYNOPSIS

dsn_summary.pl [-test] [-max_age <value>] [-out_dir <dir_list>] [-help]


OPTIONS

-test

Run in test mode

-max_age <value>

Maximum allowed age (days) for comm pass data file. This is to prevent accidentally using an out-of-date file.

-out_dir <dir_list>

List of directories in a pathname format (i.e. separated by ':') to which the output DSN summary files will be written.

-help

Print this usage and exit.


DESCRIPTION

dsn_summary.pl uses DSN comm pass information derived from iFOT to generate a summary of the Chandra DSN schedule within +/- 3 days. The summary data are written out in three formats in the directories given by out_dir:


 Text : Human reading text table - dsn_summary.dat
 Dump : Perl Data::Dumper format - dsn_summary.dmp
 XML  : Data::DumpXML format     - dsn_summary.xml


EXAMPLE

 dsn_summary.pl -out_dir /proj/sot/ska/data/dsn_summary:/proj/rac/ops/ephem


USAGE

This tool is intended to be run as a regular cron job, e.g. using task_schedule:

 /proj/sot/ska/bin/task_schedule.pl -config /proj/sot/ska/data/dsn_summary/task_schedule.cfg


AUTHOR

Tom Aldcroft