.TH cif_validate
.SH NAME
cif_validate \- Parse CIF file(s) and CIF dictionary(ies). Check CIF file against CIF dictionaries. 
.SH SYNOPSIS
cif_validate \-\-dictionaries 'cif_core.dic,cif_cod.dic' \-\-options input1.cif input*.cif


.SH DESCRIPTION

Parse CIF file(s) and CIF dictionary(ies).
Check CIF file against CIF dictionaries.

.SH OPTIONS
\-d, \-\-dictionaries 'cif_core.dic,cif_cod.dic'
                  A list of CIF dictionary files (according to DDL2)
                  to be used in CIF file validation. List elements
                  are separated either by ',' or by ' '. To include
                  dictionaries with filenames containing these symbols,
                  the \-\-add\-dictionary option is used.

\-D, \-\-add\-dictionary 'cif new dictionary.dic'
                  Add additional CIF dictionary to the list.

\-\-clear\-dictionaries
                  Remove all CIF dictionaries from the list.

\-\-treat\-as\-set _atom_site_refinement_flags
                  Treat values of given data items as a set. For example,
                  more than one enumeration value could be defined
                  for a single element. Any number of data item tags can
                  be provided in the following way:
                  cif_validate \-\-treat\-as\-set _tag_1 \-\-treat\-as\-set _tag_2
                  Default is the '_atom_site_refinement_flags' data item.

\-\-no\-treat\-as\-set
                  Do not treat values of any data items as sets.
                  (see \-\-treat\-as\-set).

\-\-report\-local\-tags
                  Validate data items having tags prefixed with
                  the '_[local]' prefix. The prefix was used in the COD
                  to denote locally used data items prior to the creation
                  of cif_cod.dic. The default is to ignore these data items.

\-\-no\-report\-local\-tags, \-\-ignore\-local\-tags
                  Ignore data items having tags prefixed with '_[local]'
                  prefix. Default.

\-\-ignore\-case
                  Ignore letter case while validating enumeration values.
                  For example, even though '_atom_site_adp_type' is
                  restricted to values ('Uani', 'Uiso', 'Uovl', ...),
                  value 'UANI' would still be treated as valid.

\-\-respect\-case, \-\-case\-sensitive, \-\-dont\-ignore\-case
                  Respect letter case while validating enumeration
                  values. Default.

\-\-report\-deprecated
                  Report data items that are marked as deprecated in the
                  dictionaries. Data item deprecation usually means that
                  it has been replaced with an another data item(s).

\-\-ignore\-deprecated
                  Do not report data items that are marked as deprecated
                  in the dictionaries (default).

\-\-use\-perl\-parser
                  Use Perl parser to parse CIF files.

\-\-use\-c\-parser
                  Use C parser to parse CIF files (default)


\-c, \-\-always\-continue
                  Continue processing and return successful return status
                  even if errors are diagnosed.

\-c\-, \-\-always\-die
                  Stop and return error status if errors are diagnosed.

\-\-continue\-on\-errors
                  Do not terminate script if errors are raised (default).

\-\-die\-on\-errors
                  Terminate script immediately if errors are raised.

\-\-continue\-on\-warnings
                  Do not terminate script if warnings are raised (default).

\-\-die\-on\-warnings
                  Terminate script immediately if warnings are raised.

\-\-continue\-on\-notes
                  Do not terminate script if notes are raised (default).

\-\-die\-on\-notes
                  Terminate script immediately if notes are raised.

\-\-debug
                  Output extra information for debugging purposes.

\-\-help, \-\-usage
                  Output a short usage message (this message) and exit.

\-v, \-\-version
                  Output version information and exit.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report cif_validate bugs using e\-mail: cod\-bugs@ibt.lt