NAME

       missfits - edit/check/maintain FITS files

SYNOPSIS

       missfits input_file1 [input_file2 ...] [-c configuration-file]
              [-parameter1 value1 -parameter2 value2 ...]

       missfits
              input_dir1 [input_dir2 ...] [-c configuration-file]
              [-parameter1 value1 -parameter2 value2 ...]

       missfits
              input_prefix1 [input_prefix2 ...] [-c configuration-file]
              [-parameter1 value1 -parameter2 value2 ...]

       missfits -d

DESCRIPTION

       MissFITS is a program that performs basic maintenance and packaging tasks on FITS files:
       - add/edit/remove FITS header keywords
       - split/join Multi-Extension-FITS (MEF) files
       - unpack/pack FITS data-cubes
       - create/check/update FITS checksums, using R. Seaman's protocol
               ( see http://www.adass.org/adass/proceedings/adass94/seamanr.html)
       - compress/decompress FITS data (*not yet available*)
       See http://astromatic.net/software/missfits for more details.

   Operation modes:
       -h, --help
              print this help, then exit

       -V, --version
              print version number, then exit

       -d, --dump
              dump a default configuration file

MANUAL

       The  full  documentation  for  MissFITS  is  maintained  as  a  PDF  manual  available  at
       http://astromatic.net/software/missfits

REPORTING BUGS

       Please report bugs to the MissFITS software forum at http://astromatic.net/forum.

SEE ALSO

        eye(1),  psfex(1),  scamp(1),  sextractor(1),  sky(1),  stiff(1),  stuff(1),  swarp  (1),
       weightwatcher(1)

AUTHORS

       Written by Emmanuel Bertin and Chiara Marmo (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris).

LICENSE

       MissFITS is licensed under the terms of the General Public License (GPL), version 3.

COPYRIGHT

       This  is  free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not
       even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.