Ubuntu Manpage: gm-import_incoming - a script to import a file into the INCOMING area of a GNUmed

Provided by: gnumed-client_1.8.0+dfsg-1_all

NAME

       gm-import_incoming  -  a  script  to  import  a  file  into  the INCOMING area of a GNUmed
       database.

SYNOPSIS

       gm-import_incoming [-h|?]  [--help] [--local-import]  --file2import=FILE  --data-type=TYPE
       --user=USER [--host=HOST] [--port=PORT]

DESCRIPTION

       gm-import_incoming  is  a  script for importing a file into the GNUmed database area where
       incoming files are stored which have not been linked to any patient. A type is  associated
       with the data for easier recognition.

       This  script  can  be  used  to import for later processing fax images, lab data, referral
       letters, and similar data which electronically arrives on your system.

OPTIONS

--help, -h, -?
Show a help screen.

--local-import
At startup adjust the PYTHONPATH such that the GNUmed client is run from a local
copy of the source tree (say, an unpacked tarball) rather than from a proper
system-wide installation.

--file2import=FILE
This is the file to be imported into GNUmed.

Successfully imported files are renamed to FILE.imported within the directory in
which FILE resides.

--data-type=TYPE
A short moniker, say, a word or two, used to describe the data in FILE to the user
when viewed inside GNUmed.

The actual content of TYPE is only limited by the execution environment (locale,
encoding, ...) of gm-import_incoming. GNUmed does not need to understand what TYPE
means to the user.

--user=USER
The PostgreSQL user to be used for connecting to the database.

Note that this must currently be a GNUmed staff account. It will also work with the
cluster superuser (usually "postgres") or the GNUmed database owner (typically "gm-
dbo") but using these in production is strongly discouraged for data security
reasons.

--host=HOST
The hostname of the machine PostgreSQL is running on, if required.

If this option is not used (or set to an empty string) it will default to
connecting over UNIX domain sockets.

--port=PORT
The port PostgreSQL is listening on. Default PostgreSQL installations listen on
port 5432.

There are no options for database name or password.

The script uses the default database name of the GNUmed version the script is released
with thereby assuring data does not get imported into an older database following an
upgrade.

If a password is needed (that is, if TRUST, IDENT, or PEER authentication is not in use)
it must be supplied by either setting the $PGPASSFILE environment variable or using a
standard ~/.pgpass file.

ENVIRONMENT

       PGPASSFILE

            http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/libpq-pgpass.html

FILES