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.TH ETSF_IO "1" "November 2011" "etsf_io" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
etsf_io \- manual page for etsf_io
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B etsf_io
[\fI-h | -a action\fR] [[\fI-i file\fR]...] [[\fI-f flag\fR]...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
[\-o file] [arguments]
.PP
Handle ETSF files, see \fB\-\-action\fR option.
.PP
\fB\-h\fR \fB\-\-help\fR             : show this little help.
.PP
\fB\-a\fR \fB\-\-action\fR value     : give the action to perform.
.PP
Possible action may be:
* 'merge' to gather several files that have been splitted.
.PP
* 'content' to get the name of specifications the file matches.
.PP
* 'check' to check the validity of the file against specifications.
.PP
\fB\-o\fR \fB\-\-output\-file\fR file : give the path to the output ETSF file.
.PP
\fB\-i\fR \fB\-\-input\-file\fR file  : give the path for an input file. This option can be used one or several times.
.PP
\fB\-l\fR \fB\-\-list\fR             : when action is check, it give the list of available flags.q
.PP
\fB\-f\fR \fB\-\-flag\fR value       : give a flag name (get valid names from \fB\-l\fR option).
.PP
Examples:
.PP
Merge three files, etsf_io \fB\-a\fR merge \fB\-i\fR file1.nc \fB\-i\fR file2.nc
\fB\-i\fR file3.nc \fB\-o\fR output.nc
.PP
Get the contents of file test.nc, etsf_io \fB\-a\fR content test.nc
.PP
Get the list of flags for validity checks, etsf_io \fB\-a\fR check \fB\-l\fR
.PP
Checks with two flags, etsf_io \fB\-a\fR check \fB\-f\fR flag1 \fB\-f\fR flag2 test.nc
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B etsf_io
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B etsf_io
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.PP
.B info etsf_io
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.