get_binary_stats_header

Data_Reduction.DSN.STATS.get_binary_stats_header(fd)

Get the header from a binary stats file.

There is an old format in which the first datum is a short with the station ID of 13. Otherwise the first long has a header size. This handles either case.

Notes

Function parse_STATS_header() is one-liner that translates the tuple members to variables with meaningful names.

:param fd : file descriptor.

Returns

tuple. A string with binary data followed by the size of the header (int).