#----------------------------------------------------------

for idx in $(seq 0 $((${#SCANS[@]} / 5 - 1)))
do

  # -- get the data from the array
  idx1=$(($idx * 5))
  idx2=$(($idx1 + 1))
  idx3=$(($idx1 + 2))
  idx4=$(($idx1 + 3))
  idx5=$(($idx1 + 4))
  scanName=${SCANS[$idx1]}
  scanYear=${SCANS[$idx2]}
  scanDay=${SCANS[$idx3]}
  scanStart=${SCANS[$idx4]}
  scanDuration=${SCANS[$idx5]}

  sfilename="$EXPT$USC$SID$USC${scanName}"
  echo -e "\n\nNext scan in list: ${sfilename}\n"
  dstart2 "${sfilename}.evn"

  if (($? > 0)); then
     # -- a past scan, decide what to do
     if ((SKIPOLDSCANS>0)); then
        echo "Skipping old scan - start time was in the past, now it is `date --utc +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S`)"
        continue
     else 
        echo "Not skipping old scan - start time was in the past, now it is `date --utc +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S`"
     fi
  fi

  ./recpass "${sfilename}" $scanDuration

done