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NAME

       dcmrecv - Simple DICOM storage SCP (receiver)

SYNOPSIS

       dcmrecv [options] port

DESCRIPTION

       The  dcmrecv application implements a Service Class Provider (SCP) for the Storage Service
       Class. In contrast to the well-known storescp utility, dcmrecv has less options and might,
       therefore,  be easier to use - this also explains the term 'simple' in the title. The main
       purpose of this application is to receive a whole bunch of DICOM datasets from  a  Storage
       Service Class User (SCU) and store them to a configurable directory and file structure.

PARAMETERS

       port  tcp/ip port number to listen on

OPTIONS

   general options
         -h    --help
                 print this help text and exit

               --version
                 print version information and exit

               --arguments
                 print expanded command line arguments

         -q    --quiet
                 quiet mode, print no warnings and errors

         -v    --verbose
                 verbose mode, print processing details

         -d    --debug
                 debug mode, print debug information

         -ll   --log-level  [l]evel: string constant
                 (fatal, error, warn, info, debug, trace)
                 use level l for the logger

         -lc   --log-config  [f]ilename: string
                 use config file f for the logger

         +v    --verbose-pc
                 show presentation contexts in verbose mode

   network options
       association negotiation profile from configuration file:

         -xf   --config-file  [f]ilename, [p]rofile: string
                 use profile p from configuration file f

       application entity title:

         -aet  --aetitle  [a]etitle: string
                 set my AE title (default: DCMRECV)

         -uca  --use-called-aetitle
                 always respond with called AE title

       other network options:

         -ta   --acse-timeout  [s]econds: integer (default: 30)
                 timeout for ACSE messages

         -td   --dimse-timeout  [s]econds: integer (default: unlimited)
                 timeout for DIMSE messages

         -pdu  --max-pdu  [n]umber of bytes: integer (4096..131072)
                 set max receive pdu to n bytes (default: 16384)

         -dhl  --disable-host-lookup  disable hostname lookup

   output options
       general:

         -od   --output-directory  [d]irectory: string (default: ".")
                 write received objects to existing directory d

       subdirectory generation:

         -s    --no-subdir
                 do not generate any subdirectories (default)

         +ssd  --series-date-subdir
                 generate subdirectories from series date

       filename generation:

         +fd   --default-filenames
                 generate filename from instance UID (default)

         +fu   --unique-filenames
                 generate unique filename based on new UID

         +fsu  --short-unique-names
                 generate short pseudo-random unique filename

         +fst  --system-time-names
                 generate filename from current system time

         -fe   --filename-extension  [e]xtension: string (default: none)
                 append e to all generated filenames

       storage mode:

         -B    --normal
                 allow implicit format conversions (default)

         +B    --bit-preserving
                 write dataset exactly as received

               --ignore
                 ignore dataset, receive but do not store it

NOTES

   Typical Usage
       A typical use case of dcmrecv is to receive SOP instances that are sent from a storage SCU
       and save them as DICOM files. The following command does exactly this:

       dcmrecv --verbose <port> --config-file storescp.cfg default

       If you prefer some automatically created subdirectory structure, shorter  file  names  and
       the extension '.dcm' for all DICOM files, use the following command:

       dcmrecv -v -xf storescp.cfg default <port> --series-date-subdir
                                                  --short-unique-names
                                                  --filename-extension .dcm

       In  case  of  very  large  SOP  instances  or  if the dataset should be written exactly as
       received (e.g. for debugging purposes), the 'bit preserving mode' could be used:

       dcmrecv -v -xf storescp.cfg default <port> --bit-preserving

       The received datasets are always stored as DICOM files with the same  Transfer  Syntax  as
       used for the network transmission.

   DICOM Conformance
       Basically,  the  dcmrecv application supports all Storage SOP Classes as an SCP, including
       private ones. This requires, however, that a corresponding association negotiation profile
       is  loaded  from a configuration file. The format and semantics of this configuration file
       are documented in asconfig.txt.

       By default, that means if no association  negotiation  profile  is  loaded,  dcmrecv  only
       supports the Verification SOP Class as an SCP (with default transfer syntax, i.e. Implicit
       VR Litte Endian).

       In the future, there might be additional options that allow for  specifying  the  list  of
       supported  Presentation  Contexts  (i.e.  combination  of SOP Class and Transfer Syntaxes)
       directly, i.e. without loading a configuration file.

   Subdirectory Generation
       The option --series-date-subdir allows for generating subdirectories (below the  specified
       output  directory) based on the value of the data element Series Date (0008,0021) from the
       received DICOM dataset. If this value could be retrieved from the  dataset  and  is  valid
       (i.e. consists of a valid DICOM date field), the subdirectory structure is as follows:

       <output-directory>/data/<year>/<month>/<day>/<filename>

       If  the Series Date (0008,0021) cannot be retrieved or is invalid, the current system date
       is used for the following subdirectory structure:

       <output-directory>/undef/<year><month><day>/<filename>

       In both cases, <year> consists of 4 decimal digits and <month>  as  well  as  <day>  of  2
       decimal digits.

   Filename Generation
       By  default, the filenames for storing the received DICOM datasets are generated according
       to the following scheme:

       <short-modality-prefix>.<sop-instance-uid><filename-extension>

       If the same SOP instance is received twice, a warning message is reported and the existing
       file is overwritten.

       The  option  --unique-filenames makes sure that each received DICOM dataset is stored as a
       separate file, i.e. no files should ever be overwritten. This is done  by  using  a  newly
       created  unique  identifier (UID) for each generated filename (and the infix '.X' in order
       to avoid conflicts with real SOP Instance UID values). The naming scheme for  this  option
       is as follows:

       <short-modality-prefix>.X.<unique-identifier><filename-extension>

       When  option  --short-unique-names  is  used,  the filenames are generated by some pseudo-
       random name generator, which also makes sure that there are no  conflicts  (i.e.  existing
       files are not overwritten). This is the naming scheme:

       <short-modality-prefix>_<pseudo-random-name><filename-extension>

       With <pseudo-random-name> consisting of 16 digits in hexadecimal notation.

       Finally,  option  --system-time-names allows for generating filenames based on the current
       system time:

       <date><time>.<short-modality-prefix><filename-extension>

       With     <date>     consisting     of     '<year><month><day>'     and      <time>      of
       '<hour><minute><second>.<micro-second>'.  Please  note  that  this  scheme could result in
       naming conflicts if the resolution of the system time is not sufficiently high (i.e.  does
       not support microseconds).

   Limitations
       Please  note  that  option  --bit-preserving cannot be used together with option --series-
       date-subdir since the received dataset is stored directly to file and  the  value  of  the
       Series Date (0008,0021) is, therefore, not available before the file has been created.

LOGGING

       The level of logging output of the various command line tools and underlying libraries can
       be specified by the user. By default, only errors and warnings are written to the standard
       error  stream.  Using option --verbose also informational messages like processing details
       are reported. Option --debug can be used to get more details  on  the  internal  activity,
       e.g.  for  debugging  purposes.  Other  logging levels can be selected using option --log-
       level. In --quiet mode only fatal errors are reported. In such very severe  error  events,
       the  application will usually terminate. For more details on the different logging levels,
       see documentation of module 'oflog'.

       In case the logging output should be written to file (optionally with  logfile  rotation),
       to  syslog  (Unix)  or  the  event  log  (Windows)  option  --log-config can be used. This
       configuration file also allows for directing only certain messages to a particular  output
       stream  and  for  filtering certain messages based on the module or application where they
       are generated. An example configuration file is provided in <etcdir>/logger.cfg.

COMMAND LINE

       All command line tools use the following notation for parameters: square brackets  enclose
       optional  values  (0-1),  three  trailing  dots  indicate that multiple values are allowed
       (1-n), a combination of both means 0 to n values.

       Command line options are distinguished from parameters by  a  leading  '+'  or  '-'  sign,
       respectively. Usually, order and position of command line options are arbitrary (i.e. they
       can appear anywhere). However, if options are mutually exclusive the rightmost  appearance
       is used. This behavior conforms to the standard evaluation rules of common Unix shells.

       In  addition,  one or more command files can be specified using an '@' sign as a prefix to
       the filename (e.g. @command.txt). Such a command argument is replaced by  the  content  of
       the corresponding text file (multiple whitespaces are treated as a single separator unless
       they appear between two quotation marks) prior to any further evaluation. Please note that
       a  command  file  cannot  contain another command file. This simple but effective approach
       allows one to summarize common combinations of options/parameters and avoids  longish  and
       confusing command lines (an example is provided in file <datadir>/dumppat.txt).

EXIT CODES

       The  dcmrecv utility uses the following exit codes when terminating. This enables the user
       to check for the reason why the application terminated.

   general
       EXITCODE_NO_ERROR                         0
       EXITCODE_COMMANDLINE_SYNTAX_ERROR         1

   input file errors
       EXITCODE_CANNOT_READ_INPUT_FILE          20 (*)

   output file errors
       EXITCODE_CANNOT_WRITE_OUTPUT_FILE        40 (*)
       EXITCODE_INVALID_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY        45

   network errors
       EXITCODE_CANNOT_INITIALIZE_NETWORK       60 (*)
       EXITCODE_CANNOT_START_SCP_AND_LISTEN     64
       EXITCODE_INVALID_ASSOCIATION_CONFIG      66

       (*) Actually, these codes are currently not used by dcmrecv but serve as a placeholder for
       the corresponding group of exit codes.

ENVIRONMENT

       The  dcmrecv  utility  will  attempt  to  load  DICOM  data  dictionaries specified in the
       DCMDICTPATH environment variable. By default, i.e. if the DCMDICTPATH environment variable
       is  not  set,  the  file <datadir>/dicom.dic will be loaded unless the dictionary is built
       into the application (default for Windows).

       The default behavior should be preferred and the  DCMDICTPATH  environment  variable  only
       used when alternative data dictionaries are required. The DCMDICTPATH environment variable
       has the same format as the Unix shell PATH  variable  in  that  a  colon  (':')  separates
       entries. On Windows systems, a semicolon (';') is used as a separator. The data dictionary
       code will attempt to load each file specified in the DCMDICTPATH environment variable.  It
       is an error if no data dictionary can be loaded.

FILES

       <docdir>/asconfig.txt - configuration file documentation
       <etcdir>/storescp.cfg - example association negotiation profile

SEE ALSO

       dcmsend(1), storescu(1), storescp(1)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2013-2014 by OFFIS e.V., Escherweg 2, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany.