Function: CFTS_SKIPPIX Purpose: Skip pixels in a FITS file. Category: FITS File: cfts_io.c Author: Peter Roelfsema Use: integer CFTS_SKIPPIX ( MTID, input INTEGER, NSKIP ) input/output INTEGER. CFTS_SKIPPIX Returns: >0 - number of pixels skipped on MTID. -1 .. -10 - tape error (see MTIODEV.DC2) -13 - end of tape found -20 - out of memory -30 - Unknown mtid -31 - Only forward skipping allowed. MTID A device unit number as obtained from MTOPEN. NSKIP Number of pixels to skip. Description: CFTS_SKIPPIX Skips nskip pixels in FITS files. This function is very usefull when only known small sections from FITS files have to be read. CFTS_SKIPPIX is functionally equivalent to FTS_SKIPPIX, both for compressed as for normal fits files. Updates: 07 Mar 1991 DK document creation