Changes between Version 155 and Version 156 of PublicPages/MayallZbandLegacy/NotesforObservers

Timestamp:

May 3, 2016 11:05:34 PM (8 years ago)

Author:

Robert Blum

Comment:

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PublicPages/MayallZbandLegacy/NotesforObservers

@@ -507 +507 @@
 We update the .bashrc for the next night, so it is best if you close the VNC windows and exit any xterms
 on mosaic3 and mayall-idl. 
+
+'''From here to item 5, one may now execute the bash shell script bin/end_of_night to do all the book keeping and plot making. Jump to item 6 if you use this option. '''
+
+On an xterm on mayall-idl from any directory:
+
+{{{
+end_of_night YYYY-MM-DD &> logYYYY-MM-DD
+}}}
+
+Where DD is the day at the beginning of the night. Using the error redirect to a log file allows one to check for errors. One can watch as the script is running by:
+{{{
+tail -f logYYYY-MM-DD
+}}}
+in a separate xterm.
+
+To continue instead in manual mode, keep going:
 
 On a mayall-idl xterm, type: 
@@ -603 +619 @@
 total number of images taken, please subtract the bad images that you recorded. 
 
-=== 7. Send out email to the collaboration ===
+=== 6. Send out email to the collaboration ===
 
 Please send out an e-mail to mayall-obs@desi.lbl.gov with a short report on the night. Please attach the 2016-03-17 nightly file.