Control pipeline recipes from the European Southern Observatory

 This module can list, configure and execute CPL-based recipes from Python.
 The input, calibration and output data can be specified as FITS files
 or as pyfits objects in memory.
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 The Common Pipeline Library (CPL) comprises a set of ISO-C libraries that
 provide a comprehensive, efficient and robust software toolkit. It forms a
 basis for the creation of automated astronomical data-reduction tasks.
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 One of the features provided by the CPL is the ability to create
 data-reduction algorithms that run as plugins (dynamic libraries). These are
 called "recipes" and are one of the main aspects of the CPL data-reduction
 development environment.