Output Files

Output files created by XRONOS applications are:

• XRONOS QDP FILES (extension .qXXX): these are ASCII files containing the results of analysis carried out with XRONOS applications. They can also be used as inputs to XRONOS applications. The filename extension is .qXXX where XXX is the command which creates the file (e.g. XRONOS QDP files created with the lc1 have extension .qlc1). XRONOS QDP files contain results from ONE Frame only. They are written according to the QDP/PLT specifications and consist of:

  (i) a header containing: QDP/PLT plotting command lines (which always start with a letter); comment lines (which always start with ! ) some of which contain useful information obtained from the analysis. Note that QDP/PLT commands might also be present at the end of the file.

  (ii) independent variable vector and error, result vectors and error and exposure vector, according to the QDP commands given in the header.

• XRONOS BINARY FILES (extension .xXXX) (Not yet fully supported) These are binary files containing the results of analysis carried out with XRONOS applications. The filename extension is .xXXX where XXX is the name of the application which creates the file (e.g. XRONOS binary files created with application lc1 have extension .xlc1). Xronos binary files contain the results from ALL frames of a run.

• Header of QDP Output Files
• Format of QDP Output Files