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%.COPYRIGHT  (c)  1990 European Southern Observatory
%.IDENT      copy_da.hlq
%.AUTHOR     KB, IPG/ESO
%.KEYWORDS   MIDAS, help files, COPY/DA
%.PURPOSE    On-line help file for the command: COPY/DA
%.VERSION    1.0  14-MAR-1987 : Creation, KB
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SECTION./DA
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COPY/DA 					29-JUL-1997  KB
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COPY/DA source_frame source_desc ASCII_file
	copy descriptor of source frame to ASCII file
\us\pu
Purpose:   
	  Copy descriptor of source frame to ASCII file.
\up\sy
Syntax:    
          COPY/DA source_frame source_desc ASCII_file
\ys\pa
          source_frame = name of source frame
\ap\pa
          source_desc = source descriptor
\ap\pa
          ASCII file = name of output ASCII file
\ap\sa
See also:
          COPY/AD, COPY/DK, COPY/KD
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Note:      
          If the descriptor is not a character descriptor the data are
          written as one element per line using the formats I10, E15.8 and
          E25.12 (FORTRAN syntax) for integer, real and double data.
\on\exs
Examples:
\ex
          COPY/DA tiburon history ballena.dat
            Copy the history of frame `tiburon.bdf' to ASCII file `ballena.dat'.
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