CFHT FITS Handling Library
Revision 1.4

Sidik Isani

2001 April 8th
Last revised: 2013 December 19th

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Abstract:

This library of C functions can be included in your code to simplify the task of manipulating FITS data in either basic FITS format, or Multi-Extension FITS (MEF). Special features of the library are:

• Simple mechanisms to handle FITS with IMAGE and TABLE extensions.
• Novel keyword sorting mechanism using index numbers.
• File locking allows multiple programs to run in parallel on the same file.
• Designed to interface with a status server some time in the future.

References and related documents:

• Download latest copies of the C header, fh.h and the C source code, fh.c
• Printable version of the C-language header file (PostScript)
• MEMO: Proposed Long Term Goals for FITS at CFHT (HTML)
• FITS Standard NOST 100-2.0 (HTML version at STSCI)
• NOAO master keyword dictionary (HTML)