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Ian M George: Getting CXO Data

These pages are unofficial in all respects. They are primarily simply notes to myself. The information is not guaranteed to be correct or up-to-date. 

Last Updated: 2004 Jun 20

Overall Directory Scheme

Some of the scripts (used later) make assumptions about the directory structure in use. For this, and for clarity/simplicity, please use/create the following structure: 
cd /data/oberon10/george/swindell/
mkdir {target_name}
cd {target_name}
  • obviously replace {target_name} with something appropriate in the above!
  • from now on, this and all subsequent recipes will refer to /data/oberon10/george/swindell/{target_name} as {targetdir}.

Getting the Data

There are various access routes, all of which provide a tar file of some description I suggest using WebChaSeR, and asking it to e-mail you when the tar file is ready for copying. The e-mail message will tell you where the tar file is located. Most likely this will involve 
ftp cda.harvard.edu
Name: anonymous
Password: {whatever}
cd pub/{somewhere}
get {filename}.tar
quit
The {filename}.tar file will now be sitting in the current directory (ie the one from which you issued the ftp comand).

Directory Scheme Part II & Unpacking the file

Some of the scripts (used later) make assumptions about the directory structure in use. For this, and for clarity/simplicity, please use/create the following structure. If not already there 
mv {filename}.tar {targetdir}
cd {targetdir}
Now uncompress & unpack the tar file. 
tar xvf {filename}.tar
This will create a directory structure: 
{targetdir}/primary/
{targetdir}/secondary/
Now make an analysis area called work (or something similar) 
mkdir work_ciao3.0.1
(note I have found it v.useful to keep track of which version of the CIAO software was used for the analysis, but this is not so essential for you).

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