fits_create_file(filename::AbstractString)

Create and open a new empty output FITSFile. This methods uses the extended file name syntax to create the file.

See also fits_create_diskfile which does not use the extended filename parser.

fits_create_diskfile(filename::AbstractString)

Create and open a new empty output FITSFile. Unlike fits_create_file, this function does not use an extended filename parser and treats the string as is as the filename.

fits_clobber_file(filename::AbstractString)

Like fits_create_file, but overwrites filename if it exists.

fits_open_file(filename::String, [mode = 0])

Open an existing data file.

Modes:

• 0 : Read only (equivalently denoted by CFITSIO.READONLY or CFITSIO.R)
• 1 : Read-write (equivalently denoted by CFITSIO.READWRITE or CFITSIO.RW)

This function uses the extended filename syntax to open the file. See also fits_open_diskfile that does not use the extended filename parser and uses filename as is as the name of the file.

fits_open_diskfile(filename::String, [mode = 0])

Open an existing data file.

Modes:

• 0 : Read only (equivalently denoted by CFITSIO.READONLY or CFITSIO.R)
• 1 : Read-write (equivalently denoted by CFITSIO.READWRITE or CFITSIO.RW)

This function does not use the extended filename parser, and uses filename as is as the name of the file that is to be opened. See also fits_open_file which uses the extended filename syntax.

fits_open_table(filename::String, [mode = 0])

Open an existing data file (like fits_open_file) and move to the first HDU containing either an ASCII or a binary table.

Modes:

• 0 : Read only (equivalently denoted by CFITSIO.READONLY or CFITSIO.R)
• 1 : Read-write (equivalently denoted by CFITSIO.READWRITE or CFITSIO.RW)

fits_open_image(filename::String, [mode = 0])

Open an existing data file (like fits_open_file) and move to the first HDU containing an image.

Modes:

• 0 : Read only (equivalently denoted by CFITSIO.READONLY or CFITSIO.R)
• 1 : Read-write (equivalently denoted by CFITSIO.READWRITE or CFITSIO.RW)

fits_open_data(filename::String, [mode = 0])

Open an existing data file (like fits_open_file) and move to the first HDU containing either an image or a table.

Modes:

• 0 : Read only (equivalently denoted by CFITSIO.R)
• 1 : Read-write (equivalently denoted by CFITSIO.RW)

fits_close_file(f::FITSFile)

Close a previously opened FITS file.

fits_delete_file(f::FITSFile)

Close an opened FITS file (like fits_close_file) and removes it from the disk.

fits_file_name(f::FITSFile)

Return the name of the file associated with object f.

fits_file_mode(f::FITSFile)

Return the I/O mode of the FITS file, where 0 indicates a read-only mode and 1 indicates a read-write mode.

fits_flush_buffer(f::FITSFile)

Flush the buffer to disk without updating and closing the current HDU. This is faster than fits_flush_file, and may be used to write the state of the file to disk after each row of a table is written.

fits_flush_file(f::FITSFile)

Flush the file to disk. This is equivalent to closing the file and reopening it.