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.