getdata

Download and/or convert/unarchive data so that it is in the measurement set (MS) format for further processing.

dataid

list of str

Basename of MS. For MeerKAT data to be downloaded by CARACal, this should be the data ID of the observation.

extension

str, optional, default = ms

Extension of raw (input) visibility data

untar

Unarchive MS from an archive file.

enable

bool, optional, default = False

Enable the ‘untar’ segment.

tar_options

str, optional, default = -xvf

The tar options to pass to the ‘tar’ command.

report

bool, optional, default = False

(Re)generate a full HTML report at the end of this worker.

ignore_missing

bool, optional, default = False

Ignore missing matches/files in the dataid list and proceed with the files that were found. If none can be found, an exception will be raised refardless.

cabs

list of map, optional, default = ‘ ‘

Specifies non-default image versions and/or tags for Stimela cabs. Running with scissors: use with extreme caution.