catalog.availabletypes

Return vector of possible file types

Synopsis
availabletypes()

Description
Return a vector of string containing the possible files types. Some types are given below. More types can be added in the future. These are:

 Image                   a table containing an image
 Measurement Set         a table holding a MeasurementSet
 Calibration             a calibration table
 Log message             a log table
 Other Table             a table with an unknown type
 FITS                    a FITS file
 Postscript
 Graphics                gif, tif, jpg, ppm, xpm, bmp, xbm
 Glish                   an ascii file holding a glish script
 ascii                   an ascii file
 Regular File            any other regular file
 Directory

Note that symlinks are normally resolved. If the file linked to does not exist, the type 'not existing' is shown.

Returns
Vector of strings

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	Package	utility
	Module	catalog
	Tool	catalog

catalog.availabletypes - Function