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Format of the input file

The inputfile can (optional) start with as many lines of comment as you like. All these commentlines will also be written to the outputfile. The program will be looking for the string AOT_NBR for the `real' start of the program input. A sample input/outputfile is appended to this article for all AOTs.

The program now will look for the next keyword START_DATA. All lines between AOT_NBR and START_DATA will be lost to the outputfile. From the START_DATA keyword on SOTE will start reading data until it encounters either an END_DATA command, or an error. Errors will be flagged and skipped. The next observation will start (when observation requests are concatenated), after the END_DATA line is encountered. The end of all input is reached when END_DATA statement is followed by a line with the STOP keyword.

The keywords AOT_NBR, START_DATA, END_DATA and STOP must all be positioned at the beginning of a line.