dump_table (version 0.0)

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#! /usr/bin/ksh
#########################################################################
#
# SYNTAX:  dump_table  file columns1 column2 column3 ...
#
# DESCRIPTION: Dumps the specified columns FITS catalog file to the 
# DESCRIPTION: standard output.
# DESCRIPTION: This is basically just a wrapper for the fdump FTOOL.
#
# VERSION: 0.0
#
# HISTORY:
#
######################################################################
table=$1


########################
# read the column list
########################
columns=""
shift
typeset -i i=0
while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do

     columns="${columns} $1"
     shift
done

$UTIL/setup_parfile $FTOOLS/fdump.par     infile=$table       \
                                          outfile=STDOUT      \
                                          rows=-              \
                                          columns="$columns"  \
                                          prhead=no           \
                                          prdata=yes          \
                                          showcol=no          \
                                          showunit=no         \
                                          showscale=no        \
                                          showrow=no          \
                                          page=no             \
                                          wrap=no             \
                                          align=no            \
                                          pagewidth=256   

$FTOOLS/fdump  2>stderr$$.log
$UTIL/ftool_test fdump $? $0 2 "" stderr$$.log


exit 0