User's Guide

(Part of READARCH)

Function:

Part of READARCH. In addition to performing the same function as READARCH, READARCH_ will return the scene IDs of the images it copies into OUTDIR.

Parameters:

TAPEID
Tape ID. Tape library number for the tape

SCENEID("*")
Scene ID(s) of image on tape

OUTDIR(--)
Destination directory. Directory where the AVHRR archive images should be placed.

DRIVE(--)
Tape drive. The name of the device on which the tape has already been mounted. If defaulted to NULL, the tape will be mounted, read, and dismounted.

RELFLG(YES VALID=(YES,NO)
Release flag. The flag indicating whether or not to release the tape drive upon completion. Note that if DRIVE is defaulted to NULL, the tape will be dismounted by READARCH regardless of the value of RELFLG.

  = YES: Release tape drive
  = NO:  Don't release tape drive

SCENES
Scenes read. The scene ID(s) of the images that were copied to disk in OUTDIR.