In order to configure the Orac-dr SCUBA data reduction pipeline a setup command,
oracdr_scuba, is provided. Assuming you are running the command from the Unix
TC-shell2
this command sets all the environment variables and command aliases required to run the pipeline.
The UT date of the observations can be specified by supplying an argument to the command, if not
specified the current UT date is assumed:
In order for the startup script to be configured to read the input data, an environment variable must be
set which points to the directory containing the UT date directory. For example, if your data is in
directory /mydata/19991012 the following is required:
If ORAC_DATA_ROOT is not set then the current directory will be assumed unless the script is run at
the Joint Astronomy Centre. With this variable unset when run at the Joint Astronomy
Centre the input data directory will be configured to point to the actual SCUBA archive data
directory.
When run, this command should list information detailing the current setup. Hopefully, it should be obvious at this point whether something has gone wrong. Here is an example for the JAC:
A warning is printed if the input directory can not be found on the system.
Once this is done, the next step is to set the location of the output directory. By default, the directory
from which the oracdr_scuba command was issued is chosen. In order to override this value, the
ORAC_DATA_OUT environment variable must be set:
All Orac-dr output files will appear in ORAC_DATA_OUT. For more information on the
Orac-dr environment variables please see SUN/230.
2Orac-dr requires tcsh for full functionality from the system setup. If tcsh is not available the startup scripts
(oracdr_ufti etc) will not set the specified UT date (the argument is ignored). In this case the ORAC_DATA_IN and
ORAC_DATA_OUT environment variables must be set up explicitly. Additionally, the oracdr command must include the ‘-ut’
option as specified in the oracdr documentation.