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## A simple session (at home)

Assuming the IMB-FITS files are in a local folder with no particular restriction, the simplest MRTCAL session which you may think of is the following one:

    MRTCAL> index build      ! Build the index of IMB-FITS files in the current directory
    MRTCAL> mfind            ! Select all the files for calibration
    MRTCAL> mlist            ! Optionally list the files to be calibrated
    MRTCAL> file out myclassfile.30m single  ! Open a new Class output file
    MRTCAL> pipeline         ! Calibrate all the files

After the processing, you may want to list again the IMB-FITS files, with their updated calibration status:

    MRTCAL> mfind            ! Update the list of files
    MRTCAL> mlist            ! List the files and their calibration status

After the `PIPELINE` step, the CLASS file `myclassfile.30m` contains all the science spectra (with the scientific target as source name), but also calibration spectra (with the source name `CALSKY`). See subsection for details. The `PIPELINE` command has run using the current defaults, but there are a number of tunings which can be modified. See `HELP MSET` for details, and type `MSET` to see their current values.