Cfitsio Toolkit - matlab.io.fits.copyHDU

: copyHDU(infile, outfile)

Copy current HDU from one infile to another.

This is the equivalent of the cfitsio fits_copy_hdu function.

Inputs

filename - filename to open.

Outputs

infile - opened input file identifier.

outfile - opened output file identifier.

Examples

 import_fits;
 
 # open input and output files
 infilename = file_in_loadpath("demos/tst0012.fits");
 infile = fits.openFile(infilename);

 outfile = fits.createFile("myfitsfile.fits");
 # copy first hdu
 fits.copyHDU(infile, outfile);
 # move to and then copy 2nd hdu
 fits.movAbsHDU(infile,2);
 fits.copyHDU(infile, outfile);

 # close files
 fits.closeFile(infile);
 fits.closeFile(outfile);