This page contains downloads of the getms script that can be used to retrieve data from the WSRT archive.
See this page for more information on the WSRT data archive.
Note: Users that already used getms in the past should also follow the procedure to regain access to the archive with getms.
The getms script allows users to download WSRT Measurement Sets (MS) from the archive (aliased as wsrtarchive.astron.nl in the DNS nameserver), based on sequencenumber or MS name.
The script is a simple csh-script that should run on most flavours of Unix/Linux and MacOS. It uses the rsync-tool to get the data. If this is not available on your system it will try to use scp.
Users must be granted access to get to the archival data. Access can be granted by Arno Schoenmakers or the RO admins (roadmin@astron.nl).
To get access, a public ssh key, generated on your own system is needed; we recommend using a passphrase-less key. You can generate ssh-keys with the tool ssh-keygen.
The public key (usually the content of the file $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub or id_dsa.pub created by ssh-keygen) should be mailed to us, so we can add it to the archive system. This key usually looks something like this:
ssh-dss AAAAB3NzaC1kc3MAAACBALnrC54bjck4jJZ2mhnifrZKvmcvmESyS7k9xrIamuiCEWxgUbMF6bhPYRPdbskLyUsNlc 2qC5xV0cUDtpniSaf3+427GaX+uFWW3ABMmBbwfybZDOAc6fpbb7qMRWM4Y3a2ss2T1CiZD7TfN1xy+IS2dP9BnLER6fbWvDa t991AAAAFQDD/SqEzP3ryFhxOBrLhJBcLf9rtQAAAIBKh4mTNGk/7dPKdSpfJh5yw28SP1hRITdGmNAJBlMC09u7983Wr3e6uS 6OzJYTR0d6MHYqACuO+ix0Q4uHPaBD56h6lIBNXukeJC/zysumXgvk+daFJW2bJvGMzOGknlKhgEplyLvW/UonzQ9SZIKkAGPr jz9qMI3r9daVXc/VCQAAAIEAqtmvnjqidev3UJdXiJsRHrFKS37GYpt4Wp21GeFvsPNFokGbW/jVVk/nm0FSJzeJJrTIRcwZOC 6yw7X+L5txwHQORApk8tN0OCGuamg+SXpP/4UqAtKWoSrdmNBqYw8rTbnXxqrCHxRu3noE2AHxD7Ej80moTPtSx541UdWn08E= dsa-key-20100104
After we have done that, you should try connecting to the archive host with:
ssh inspect@wsrtarchive.astron.nl uptime
If this works without providing a password or passphrase, getms will also work.
Type getms -h for more help and instructions.
Get the file below, save it on your local host as getms and make sure it is executable. Then it should work fine…