tfdump dumps the header and the data of one or all elements in one file. Program parameters: file: The input filename (should have extension .fits, .root or .asro) name: The element name which should be dumped. All elements in the input file are dumped if this field is empty cycle: several elements with the same name may exist in the input file. cycle defines the index of the converted element. The first element has index 1. if cycle = 0 the first element in the file will be converted column: define the column that should be dumped. All columns are dumped if this field is empty. header: The header of tables, images and columns are dumped if header is set. data: The data of tables and images are dumped if this parameter is set. Error Messages: error during reading parameters (-3003) This message shows that the program cannot read its parameter file tfdump.par. Properly the environment variable PFILES is not set. PFILES should define the path where this parameter file is stored. During installation of the AstroROOT package this parameter file is copied to ${ISDC_ENV}/pfiles. See also in the installation guide at point 3 for an example to set this environment variable.