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• Contents
• Introduction
  • A Brief Overview
  • Sources of FITS Software and Information
  • Acknowledgements
  • Legal Stuff
• Creating the CFITSIO Library
  • Building the Library
  • Testing the Library
  • Linking Programs with CFITSIO
  • Getting Started with CFITSIO
  • Example Program
• A FITS Primer
• Programming Guidelines
  • CFITSIO Definitions
  • Current Header Data Unit (CHDU)
  • Function Names and Variable Datatypes
  • Support for Unsigned Integers and Signed Bytes
  • Dealing with Character Strings
  • Implicit Data Type Conversion
  • Data Scaling
  • Support for IEEE Special Values
  • Error Status Values and the Error Message Stack
  • Variable-Length Arrays in Binary Tables
  • Multiple Access to the Same FITS File
  • When the Final Size of the FITS HDU is Unknown
  • CFITSIO Size Limitations
• Basic CFITSIO Interface Routines
  • CFITSIO Error Status Routines
  • FITS File Access Routines
  • HDU Access Routines
  • Header Keyword Read/Write Routines
  • Primary Array or IMAGE Extension I/O Routines
  • Image Compression
  • ASCII and Binary Table Routines
  • Utility Routines
• The CFITSIO Iterator Function
  • The Iterator Work Function
  • The Iterator Driver Function
  • Guidelines for Using the Iterator Function
  • Complete List of Iterator Routines
• World Coordinate System Routines
  • Self-contained WCS Routines
• Hierarchical Grouping Routines
  • Grouping Table Routines
  • Group Member Routines
• Specialized CFITSIO Interface Routines
  • FITS File Access Routines
  • HDU Access Routines
  • Specialized Header Keyword Routines
  • Define Data Scaling and Undefined Pixel Parameters
  • Specialized FITS Primary Array or IMAGE Extension I/O Routines
  • Specialized FITS ASCII and Binary Table Routines
• Extended File Name Syntax
  • Overview
  • Filetype
  • Base Filename
  • Output File Name when Opening an Existing File
  • Template File Name when Creating a New File
  • Image Tile-Compression Specification
  • HDU Location Specification
  • Image Section
  • Image Transform Filters
  • Column and Keyword Filtering Specification
  • Row Filtering Specification
  • Binning or Histogramming Specification
• Template Files
  • Detailed Template Line Format
  • Auto-indexing of Keywords
  • Template Parser Directives
  • Formal Template Syntax
  • Errors
  • Examples
• Local FITS Conventions
  • 64-Bit Long Integers
  • Long String Keyword Values.
  • Arrays of Fixed-Length Strings in Binary Tables
  • Keyword Units Strings
  • HIERARCH Convention for Extended Keyword Names
  • Tile-Compressed Image Format
• Optimizing Programs
  • How CFITSIO Manages Data I/O
  • Optimization Strategies
• Index of Routines
• Parameter Definitions
• CFITSIO Error Status Codes

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