ska_arc5gl

Access the Chandra archive via the arc5gl tool.

class ska_arc5gl.arc5gl.Arc5gl(echo=False, timeout=100000)[source]

Class to create an object to communicate with arc5gl.

Create an object for sending commands to arc5gl and waiting for the prompt indicating command completion. Example:

arc5gl = ska_arc5gl.Arc5gl()
arc5gl.sendline('obsid=21151')
arc5gl.sendline('get acis2{evt2}')
del arc5gl  # explicitly shut things down, good idea

If the file ${HOME}/.arc5gl_user exists then the content will be taken as the user name to pass to the arc5gl Perl application for authentication. Otherwise the linux username will be used.

Parameters

  • echo – echo arc5gl output (default=False)

  • timeout – wait for up to timeout seconds for response (default=100000)

sendline(line)[source]

Send a single line to arc5gl and wait for the return prompt. There is no return value.

Parameters

line – line of input