The MMT Catalog Browser for details. If the file .startiraf exists in mmtobs's home directory on ringo, IRAF starts up automatically. Several UNIX and IRAF scripts have been contributed for automating the process of transferring data frames across the net. The remote observer can either create their own method for transferring data or review the IRAF scripts below and identify one that meets their needs. Due to network latency, it is not suggested that these scripts be ran in background as part of the ICE post-processing command.
Observers are responsible for removing their data from the machines.
The mmtobs account is reset and cleaned before each new observing run. At the end of your observing night, delete the .rhosts file you created on your workstation in step 4.1 and the .rhosts file on ringo created in step 5.1 . Of course, you will have to recreate them the next time you observe.