Reference Manual

This manual provides reference information for all ctools and csripts. General information on ctools usage can be found here.

Below you find links to the command line reference for the tools and scripts that are available.

ctools

• ctbin — Generates counts cube
• ctbkgcube — Generates background cube
• ctbutterfly — Compute butterfly
• ctcubemask — Filter counts cube
• ctedispcube — Generates energy dispersion cube
• cterror — Calculates likelihood profile errors
• ctexpcube — Generates exposure cube
• ctlike — Performs maximum likelihood fitting
• ctmapcube — Generates a map cube
• ctmodel — Computes model counts cube
• ctobssim — Simulate observations
• ctpsfcube — Generates point spread function cube
• ctselect — Selects event data
• ctskymap — Generates sky map
• cttsmap — Generates Test Statistic map
• ctulimit — Calculates upper limit

General cscripts

• cscaldb — Lists available instrument response functions
• cslightcrv — Computes lightcurve
• csmodelinfo — Shows model container content
• csmodelmerge — Merges several model containers into one file
• csobsdef — Generates observation definition file
• csobsinfo — Shows observation container content
• cspull — Generates pull distribution
• csresmap — Generates residual map
• cssens — Computes CTA sensitivity
• csspec — Computes spectral points
• cstsdist — Generates TS distribution
• cstsmapmerge — Merges slices from ts map computations

IACT cscripts

• csobs2caldb — Creates a caldb entry from an input observation
• csiactdata — Shows information about IACT data available on the user machine
• csiactobs — Generates observation definition file for IACT data from observation IDs
• csfindobs — Generates a list of IACT observation IDs
• csiactcopy — Copies IACT data from one location to another