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GetData Library

GetData is a library that provides an API to interface with dirfile databases. The dirfile database format is designed to provide a fast, scalable format for storing and reading binary, synchronously-sampled, time-ordered data. GetData was originally written for the BOOMERanG and BLAST experiments as a data format suitable for use for both quick-look and data reduction. It is now used by many other cosmological and astrophysical experiments including ACT, Planck, Spider, Keck, as well as other projects.

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  •  06 Apr 2011 09:35

    Release Notes: This releases fixes a few bugs found after the release of GetData-0.7.2. Most importantly, it corrects the search path for encoding modules and the writing of metafield metadata.

    •  25 Mar 2011 07:03

    Release Notes: Regarding the code, this is a minor bugfix release that adds missing but documented functionality relating to Dirfile Standards compliance, specifically the ability to use absolute paths in INCLUDE statements. It also fixes a few minor bugs discovered since the last release. This release also marks the introduction of support in GetData for Microsoft's Visual C++ compiler, but with a reduced feature set. Finally, a source package containing only the Interactive Data Language (IDL) bindings has also been produced, in cases where the library itself is already installed.

    •  07 Dec 2010 02:31

    Release Notes: The highlight of this bugfix release is the removal of a number of memory management issues. A few segfaults have been fixed, and a larger number of memory leaks have been plugged. A few minor issues discovered after the release of 0.7.0 have also been fixed, mostly concerning the dirfile2ascii utility.

    •  23 Nov 2010 03:08

    Release Notes: This release adds support for Mac OS X, Cygwin, and Win32 (using MinGW). To support MacOS X, most functions in the C API have been renamed to provide better namespace encapsulation. This release also introduces Dirfile Standards Version 8, which adds support for vector division and scalar arrays. It is also able to handle ARM middle-ended floating point data. An ASCII conversion utility, dirfile2ascii, is now distributed as part of the package. In addition to the above, numerous bugs found after the last release have been fixed.

    •  28 Apr 2010 09:38

    Release Notes: This release fixes a memory leak in the Python bindings.

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