[Ifeffit] Breaking off spec files within Athena

[Bruce Ravel]

On 07/07/2016 10:59 AM, Katharine Elizabeth Silberstein wrote:
> The Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) primarily uses SPEC
> software for XAS data collection. The data output is one continuous file
> containing individual scans. We are able to break off scans to import
> into Athena. For the convenience of CHESS users, is there any way for
> Athena to recognize a continuous file besides manually setting data
> ranges during import?

There is nothing currently made for Athena allowing her to read spec 
files of arbitrary length.  The mechanism for doing so would involve 
writing a filetype plugin as described here:

http://bruceravel.github.io/demeter/documents/Athena/other/plugin.html

These plugins aren't all that hard to write, although they do need to be 
written in perl.  You may find it easier to write your own tool that 
splits apart your spec files.  Or. I suppose, tell your beamline to 
start a new spec file for each scan.

B


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