READASCII(1)             TIPSY COMMANDS               READASCII(1)



NAME
     readascii - read an ascii file

SYNOPSIS
     readascii filename

DESCRIPTION
     readascii is a command to read in the currently  open  ascii
     file and write it out in binary form into file filename. The
     ascii2binary program also converts TIPSY ascii  format  into
     TIPSY  binary  format.  The oldreadascii command is used for
     ascii files with the old format.

     If no ascii file is open or if a binary file is already open
     an  error  is  generated.   Ascii files are opened using the
     openascii command.  After the binary  file  is  written  the
     ascii file is closed and the binary file filename is opened.
     Binary files can be opened or closed  using  the  openbinary
     and closebinary commands.

     The ascii file should be of the TIPSY ascii form  and  typi-
     cally  contains  all  the  time  frames in sequential order.
     Each time frame should be of the form:

          ntotal, ngas, nstar

          ndimensions

          time

          mass(i), i = 1 to ntotal

          x_position(i), i = 1 to ntotal

          y_position(i), i = 1 to ntotal

          z_position(i), i = 1 to ntotal

          x_velocity(i), i = 1 to ntotal

          y_velocity(i), i = 1 to ntotal

          z_velocity(i), i = 1 to ntotal

          grav_softening_length_dark_particles(i), i = 1 to ndark

          grav_softening_length_star_particles(i), i = 1 to nstar

          density(i), i = 1 to ngas

          temperature(i), i = 1 to ngas




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          sph_smoothing_length(i), i = 1 to ngas,

          metals_gas(i), i = 1 to ngas,

          metals_star(i), i = 1 to nstar,

          formation_time(i), i = 1 to nstar,

          potential_energy(i), i = 1 to ntotal,

     where ntotal is the total number of particles, ngas  is  the
     number  of gas particles, ndark is the number of dark matter
     particles, and nstar is the number of star  particles.   The
     first  ngas  particles  should  be the gas particles and the
     last nstar particles should be the star particles  with  the
     dark  particles  being  in the middle.  Therefore, each time
     frame should contain 9*ntotal+3*ngas+2nstar +3 lines.

     After the binary file is made a specific time must still  be
     loaded using the loadbinary command.

SEE ALSO
      closeascii(1),    closebinary(1),    loadbinary(1),   oldread-
      ascii(1),  openbinary(1),  openascii(1)































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