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# Scans
BEC uses scans to orchestrate the data acquisition. While script-based scans can also be defined in the command-line interface, acquisitions that require more complex orchestration should be defined as scan plugins for the BEC scan server. This section describes the basic structure of a scan and how to create a scan plugin.

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scan_structure/
scan_stubs/
tutorial_fly_scan_cont_line/
scan_metadata/

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