From e65e8c9bd30a670315b2a4e54c1ccf3635dea277 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan David Mol <mol@astron.nl>
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 12:51:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] L2SS-497: Mention how to check whether casacore actually uses
our measures
---
tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/common/measures.py | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/common/measures.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/common/measures.py
index e6c5767cd..eb2489d61 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/common/measures.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/common/measures.py
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ its 'measures' tables, through setting this in the ~/.casarc file as:
measures.directory: /opt/IERS/current
+This can be verified by running the 'findmeastable' utility, which
+is part of the 'casacore-tools' package.
+
Periodically new measures need to be installed, especially if a leap
second is introduced. Measures are maintained in directories called
/opt/IERS/IERS-YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS, and /opt/IERS/current is a symlink
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