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

Provided by: gnumed-client_1.8.7+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