Running Tasks: the VECTOR $\backslash$ Language

This section contains the minimum information required to use the GILDAS image processing tasks.

The usual way to run the tasks is to activate the VECTOR or GRAPHIC programs and use commands RUN and SUBMIT. Both commands are very similar. The RUN  command will execute the task as a detached process, and the SUBMIT  command in a batch queue named GILDAS_BATCH. The maximum number of detached processes a single user can have in GILDAS is at most four (this number may in addition be limited by your system manager), and a single task cannot be active in two different detached processes of the same user.

The VECTOR $\backslash$ language contains the following commands :

  EXPLAIN [Task]  : Types help about GILDAS tasks
  RUN Program     : Activates a GILDAS task in a detached process
  SUBMIT Program  : Submit a GILDAS task to GILDAS_BATCH queue
  SPY [Task]      : Look at the status of one or all GILDAS tasks.
  WAIT [Task]     : Wait until completion of one or all GILDAS tasks.