[bug #60989] MakeProfiles deletes input fits catalog if no output specified

[Mohammad Akhlaghi]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60989>

                 Summary: MakeProfiles deletes input fits catalog if no output
specified
                 Project: GNU Astronomy Utilities
            Submitted by: makhlaghi
            Submitted on: Thu 29 Jul 2021 03:13:02 AM BST
                Category: MakeProfiles
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Output not reasonable
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

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Details:

Currently, when no '--output' name is given to MakeProfiles, it will simply
use the input name and make its suffix '.fits'. This is fine for plain-text
tables, but if the input is a FITS file, this behavior results in deleting the
input because it has the same name as the output (as part of preparations for
writing the output). 

As a result, the user is confronted with a CFITSIO error, saying that the
input doesn't exist! Also, when they do an 'ls', they won't see their input
(it is deleted unless '--dontdelete' is given).

This is a bug! To fix it, MakeProfiles should add a certain suffix like
'_profiles.fits', not just '.fits'!




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