Synopsis

Write an RMFCrate to an output file.

write_rmf(crate, filename)

Description

• crate - input RMFCrate object
• filename - name of the output file

The write_rmf command creates an output file for the input RMFCrate, overwriting any existing file with the same name. The output columns are chosen to match the OGIP RMF file format definition. The command returns a "1" if the file is written successfully.

Example

>>> print(get_crate_type(cr))
RMF
>>> write_rmf(cr, "rmf.fits")
1

An existing crate is determined to be an RMFCrate by get_crate_type, then it is written to the file rmf.fits.

Bugs

See the bug pages on the CIAO website for an up-to-date listing of known bugs.

See Also

py.crates

add_col, add_key, add_piximg, delete_col, delete_key, delete_piximg, is_rmf, read_arf, read_file, read_pha, read_rmf, write_arf, write_file, write_pha

py.crates_contrib

make_table_crate, scale_image_crate, write_columns