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NAME
starpkg - convert a StarPlot data set to StarPlot file format
SYNOPSIS
starpkg [ --dataset ] data-set [ --dest destination ]
starpkg --recurse input-dir [ --dest destination ]
DESCRIPTION
On the StarPlot web site are available some packages of data that include both an original data file from
NASA, and also a specification file. These packages are referred to as "data sets", from which
starconvert(1) can produce a data file in StarPlot format. For ease of use, this should be done via the
starpkg shell script.
USAGE
Assuming that data-set is a valid StarPlot data set (either in tar.gz format or a directory resulting
from uncompressing the tar.gz file), the `starpkg --dataset' command converts it to a StarPlot-formatted
data file. Note that the `--dataset' flag is optional, and the name of the input data set may be
specified without it. In order to be a valid StarPlot data set, a directory or tar.gz file must contain
at least a valid specification file whose name ends with `.spec' and a flat text data file named
`catalog.dat'.
If the `--dest' option is omitted, the default location of the output file is the first of the
directories /usr/share/starplot, $PWD, $HOME in which the user has write permissions. If `--dest' is
omitted or destination is a directory, the name of the output file will by default be
${specfilename%.spec}.stars. For instance, a data set containing gliese.3.spec will produce a file named
gliese.3.stars.
The `starpkg --recurse' form of the command executes the above action for every StarPlot data set
contained in input-dir, placing the resulting StarPlot data files to the directory destination. (If the
--dest option is omitted, the default destination directory is chosen as above.) This form of the
starpkg command is most useful when a new version of StarPlot has been installed and you wish to
regenerate all StarPlot data files from data sets using the new starconvert program.
OPTIONS
--dataset, -s
Specify a directory or tar.gz file to use as a StarPlot data set.
--dest, -d
Specify the file or directory in which to output StarPlot-format data files.
--quiet, -q
Print only fatal errors to the terminal.
--recurse, -r
Specify a directory in which to search for StarPlot data sets.
--starconvert-option option
Pass option through to starconvert. If you wish to pass more than one option (or an option that
takes a following argument), you should give this flag multiple times, once for each starconvert
option or argument.
--verbose, -v
Print all starconvert output to the terminal.
SEE ALSO
starplot(1), starconvert(1)
AUTHOR
Copyright © 2000-2002 under the GNU GPL by Kevin B. McCarty <starplot@starplot.org>. The StarPlot web page is at www.starplot.org. Nov 2002 starpkg(1)