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Command-line arguments for the various modes

catremote list server-type
catremote details db-name
catremote query db-name $\alpha$ $\delta$ radius additional-condition
catremote name db-name object-name
catremote help  

The individual arguments are as follows.

server-type
Type of server to be listed; one of: all, catalog, archive, namesvr, imagesvr or local (optional).

db-name
Name of the database to be queried.

$\alpha$
Central Right Ascension of the query. The value should be for equinox J2000 and given in sexagesimal hours with a colon (`:') as the separator.

$\delta$
Central Declination of the query. The value should be for equinox J2000 and given in sexagesimal degrees with a colon (`:') as the separator. Southern Declinations are negative.

radius
Radius of the query in minutes of arc.

additional-condition
Any additional condition applied to the query (optional).

object-name
The name of an astronmical objects whose coordinates are to be found. Give the name without embedded spaces and in either case (upper or lower).



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CATREMOTE --- a Tool for Querying Remote Catalogues
Starlink System Note 76
A.C. Davenhall
24 May 2001
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk

Copyright © 2001 Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils