DBATBL(1)
NAME
dbatbl - Manage on-disk reference tables for DB-ALLe
SYNOPSIS
dbatbl [command] [options] [args...]
DESCRIPTION
This tool allows to index and query the tables that are needed for normal functioning of DB-ALLe.
dbatbl always requires a non-switch argument, that indicates what is
the operation that should be performed:
- help
- Print a help summary.
- help manpage
- Print this manpage.
- cat tableid [tableid [...]]
- Output all the contents of a WMO B table..
- grep string
- Output all the contents of the local B table whose description contains the given string..
- expand table-entry [table-entry [...]]
- Describe a WMO B table entry or expand a WMO D table entry in its components..
- expandcode varcode [varcode [...]]
- Expand the value of a packed variable code.
- index [options] filename index-id
- Index the contents of a table file.
- describe [options] what [values]
- Invoke the formatter to describe the given values. Supported so far are: "level ltype l1 l2", "trange pind p1 p2".
OPTIONS
- dbatbl follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options
starting with two dashes (`-').
- Option for command cat
- -?, --help
print an help message
- -c, --csv
output variables in CSV format
- Option for command grep
- -?, --help
print an help message
- -c, --csv
output variables in CSV format
- Option for command expand
- -?, --help
print an help message
- Option for command expandcode
- -?, --help
print an help message
- Option for command index
- -?, --help
print an help message
- -t type, --type=type
format of the table to index ('b', 'd', 'conv')
- Option for command describe
- -?, --help
print an help message
AUTHOR
- dbatbl has been written by Enrico Zini <enrico@enricozini.com> for ARPA
Emilia Romagna, Servizio Idrometeorologico.