The program can be started with no arguments at all, in which case the
parameter values are taken from the parameterfile.
Alternatively, values can be passed via the commandline, the
required items as command arguments, the optional ones as valued switches.
The last form (-q) creates the parameterfile in $PFILES.
The table lists all the parameters used by lcv, the second column lists the parameter key names used in the parameterfile, the first column gives the corresponding switch letter.
| switch | key | value | IO | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| resfile | string | i | lcv file, lcv output file | |
| ogip-lcv | string | o | ogip-lcv, ogip complying rate file. | |
| e | extn | int | i | lcv extension serial number, lightcurves for different energy ranges are stored in separate extensions. |
| - | xtnsname | string | i | OGIP ratefile extension name, default is 'RATE'. |
| t | timename | string | i | OGIP 'time' column name, this column is NOT present in the output ratefile, unless it is named, eg. "-tTIME". |
| x | ratename | string | i | 'rate' column name, default value is 'RATE'. |
| s | sname | string | i | name-list of the sources in the inputfile to be processed. |
| p, L, i | StageII global switches | |||