;+
; NAME:
;  get_spe_zero
;
; PURPOSE: (one line)
;  return zero-flux (dark+bias) information for reducing an SPE file
;
; DESCRIPTION:
;  return zero-flux (dark+bias) information for reducing an SPE file
;
; CATEGORY:
;  IMAGES
;  
; CALLING SEQUENCE:
;  zero = get_spe_zero(zfilename, zero, zerr, zbad, znoise, $
;                    silent=silent, $
;                    aexptime=aexptime, ainfo=ainfo)
; INPUTS:
;  zfilename : filename of SPE zero-flux (dark+bias) average images
;
; OPTIONAL INPUT PARAMETERS:
;  -------- behavior of the routine ------------
;  silent : 1 if the routine is to perform silently. Default = 0,
;           print out statements
; 
;  -------- description of the file the zero file will be applied to ------
;  aexptime : exposure time in seconds
;  ainfo: string (filename), array of strings (FITS header) or 
;    structure (SPE header)
;  
; OUTPUTS:
;  zero - the average zero-flux image
;  zerr - the error in the average zero-flux image (NOT error per
;              image per pixel)
;  zbad - bad pixel image for avg (0 = good)
;  znoise - read noise (or read noise plus dark noise) scalar, in DN
;
; SIDE EFFECTS:
;
; EXAMPLE:
;
; MODIFICATION HISTORY:
;  Written  14 Jun 2007 Leslie Ann Young SwRI
;  Modified 13 Sep 2007 LAY
;-

function  get_spe_zero,zfilename, zerr, zbad, znoise, $
                  silent=silent, aexptime=aexptime, ainfo=ainfo, $
                  fitshead = fitshead, spehead = spehead, exptime=exptime

    func = 'get_spe_zero'
    
    if not keyword_set(silent) then silent = 0b


    zfn = zfilename[0] ; in case zfilename is array[1]

    if not silent then begin
        print, func, ' : reading ', zfn
    endif

    zero = readfits(zfn, zhead, /silent)
    zerr = readfits(zfn, ex=1, /silent)
    zbad = readfits(zfn, ex=2, /silent)
    znoise = sxpar(zhead, 'READN_DN')

    fitshead = spe_head(zhead, valid, spehead, exptime=exptime)

    if keyword_set(ainfo) and not silent then begin
        exempt = ['EXTIMLOC','EXTIMUTC','NFRAMES']
        if (spe_hdiff(zfn, ainfo, zdiff, adiff, exempt=exempt, itime2=aexptime)) then begin
            print, func +  ' : WARNING - ', zfn, $
              ' has imcompatible data information'
            print, zdiff
            print, adiff
        endif
    end

    return, zero

end