Changeset 3138 for trunk/debian

Timestamp:

03/05/19 20:52:06 (6 years ago)

Author:

VincentMcIntyre

Message:

Manpage for asap_update_data

Location:

trunk/debian

Files:

• README.Debian (modified) (1 diff)
• asap_update_data.1 (added)

trunk/debian/README.Debian

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 asap for Debian
----------------
+===============
 
-<possible notes regarding this package - if none, delete this file>
+Data Tables
+-----------
+ASAP needs access to astronomical data tables that need to be updated regularly.
+This task is done by the /etc/cron.weekly/python-asap cron job.
+The casacore packages that ASAP is built on top of expect the data to be
+unpacked into this directory:
+
+   /var/lib/casacore/data
+
+Environment variables
+---------------------
+
+You can override the data tables location by setting the ASAPDATA environment
+variable. You should set ASAPDATA so that the path $ASAPDATA/ephemerides exists.
+The data files are published by the U.S. National Radio Astronomy Observatory
+(NRAO), as part of the Common Astronomical Software Applications (CASA) data
+processing package, but can be downloaded separately.
+
+If you also set the CASAPATH environment variable, so that it points to a
+different data area than ASAPDATA, you may get unexpected behaviour.
+
+Per-user config files
+---------------------
+
+ASAP allows you to customise your settings in $HOME/.asap.
+It will also check in your $HOME/.ipython directory.
 
  -- Malte Marquarding <Malte.Marquarding@csiro.au>  Wed, 11 May 2011 16:00:56 +1000