NAME¶
dbatbl - Manage on-disk reference tables for DB-ALLe
SYNOPSIS¶
dbatbl [
command] [
options] [
args...
]
DESCRIPTION¶
This tool allows to index and query the tables that are needed for normal
functioning of DB-ALLe.
dbatbl always requires a non-switch argument, that indicates what is the
operation that should be performed:
- help
-
Print a help summary.
- help manpage
-
Print this manpage.
- cat tableid [tableid [...]]
-
Output all the contents of a WMO B table..
- grep string
-
Output all the contents of the local B table whose description contains the
given string..
- expand table-entry [table-entry [...]]
-
Describe a WMO B table entry or expand a WMO D table entry in its
components..
- expandcode varcode [varcode [...]]
-
Expand the value of a packed variable code.
- index [options] filename index-id
-
Index the contents of a table file.
- describe [options] what [values]
-
Invoke the formatter to describe the given values. Supported so far are:
"level ltype l1 l2", "trange pind p1 p2".
OPTIONS¶
dbatbl follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options
starting with two dashes (`-').
Option for command cat¶
- -?, --help
- print an help message
- -c, --csv
- output variables in CSV format
Option for command grep¶
- -?, --help
- print an help message
- -c, --csv
- output variables in CSV format
Option for command expand¶
- -?, --help
- print an help message
Option for command expandcode¶
- -?, --help
- print an help message
Option for command index¶
- -?, --help
- print an help message
- -t type, --type=type
- format of the table to index ('b', 'd', 'conv')
Option for command describe¶
- -?, --help
- print an help message
AUTHOR¶
dbatbl has been written by Enrico Zini <enrico@enricozini.com> for
ARPA Emilia Romagna, Servizio Idrometeorologico.