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AHELP for CIAO 4.16

ciao_caldb

Context: contrib

Synopsis

Utility routines for the CIAO CALDB (CIAO contributed package).

Syntax

from ciao_contrib.caldb import *

Description

The ciao_contrib.caldb module provides utility routines for the CIAO CALDB, and is provided as part of the CIAO contributed scripts package.

Loading the routines

The module can be loaded into a Python session by saying:

from ciao_contrib.caldb import *

Contents

The caldb module provides the following routines:

Routine Description
check_caldb_version() Check whether the locally-installed version of the Chandra CALDB is up to date
get_caldb_dir() Returns the location of the locally-installed CALDB
get_caldb_releases() Returns the version and release dates of the Chandra CALDB
get_caldb_installed() Returns the version and release date of the locally-installed version of the Chandra CALDB
get_caldb_installed_version() Returns the version of the locally-installed version of the Chandra CALDB
get_caldb_installed_date() Returns the date of the locally-installed version of the Chandra CALDB

See the ahelp files for the individual packages and the contributed scripts page for further information.


Bugs

See the bugs pages for an up-to-date listing of known bugs.

Refer to the CIAO bug pages for an up-to-date listing of known issues.

See Also

contrib
check_caldb_version, get_caldb