Index: trunk/dbconfig/tasks.md
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--- trunk/dbconfig/tasks.md	(revision 11073)
+++ trunk/dbconfig/tasks.md	(revision 11093)
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-# $Id: tasks.md,v 1.108 2007-01-12 21:45:32 jhoblitt Exp $
+# $Id: tasks.md,v 1.109 2007-01-15 01:06:02 eugene Exp $
 
 # this table records all exposure ID ever seen from the summit
@@ -90,4 +90,8 @@
     exp_type    STR         64
     imfiles     S32         0
+# this value is assigned when the image is inserted into the
+# database.  downstream tools (phase2.pl, etc) use this word
+# to construct their output file names
+#   out_root    STR         255     # destination for output files
 END
 
@@ -108,4 +112,8 @@
     telescope   STR         64
     exp_type    STR         64
+# this value is assigned when the image is inserted into the
+# database.  downstream tools (phase2.pl, etc) use this word
+# to construct their output file names
+#   out_root    STR         255     # destination for output files
     imfiles     S32         0
     filter      STR         64
@@ -262,4 +270,10 @@
     use_begin   TAI         0001-01-01T00:00:00Z
     use_end     TAI         0001-01-01T00:00:00Z
+# XXX detRun needs the instrument, etc
+# this value is assigned when the detrun is created.  downstream tools
+# (detrend_stack.pl, etc) use this word to construct their output file
+# names
+#   out_root    STR         255     # destination for output files
+
 END