eSASS task: catmerge

erosita/catprep-1.16

Scope:

This document provides a description of the algorithm and instructions for the correct usage of the CATMERGE task, which is part of eSASS (the eROSITA Science Analysis Software System).

Description:

CATMERGE is part of the catalog tools of eSASS. The tool will merge multiple catalogs generated by CATPREP into a single catalog. NOTE: srctool might have issues running with a merged catalog

Parameters:

infile (string array) REQUIRED [e.g. "mllist_1.fits mllist_2.fits" or "@mllist.txt"]
- Input file names or list of input file names. Alternatively provide a list of files, which is indicated by an "@".
outfile (string) REQUIRED [e.g. "catmerge.fits"]
- File OUT - source catalog
clobber (boolean) OPTIONAL [default: yes]
- if clobbering of the outfile is allowed