Changeset 38551

Timestamp:

Jun 25, 2015, 10:03:27 PM (11 years ago)

Author:

eugene

Message:

add some verbosity to the usage message

File:

• branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150616/Ohana/src/opihi/cmd.data/read_vectors.c (modified) (1 diff)

branches/eam_branches/ipp-20150616/Ohana/src/opihi/cmd.data/read_vectors.c

@@ -77 +77 @@
   if ((argc < 3) || !(argc % 2)) {
     gprint (GP_ERR, "USAGE: read name N name N ...\n");
+    gprint (GP_ERR, "  options:\n");
+    gprint (GP_ERR, "     -fits EXTNAME : read a fits file from the given extension (vector names are column names)\n");
+    gprint (GP_ERR, "     -v : verbose mode\n");
+    gprint (GP_ERR, "     -csv : comma-separated values (columns may be identified in excel-style: A, AC\n");
+    gprint (GP_ERR, "     -skip N : skip N lines before reading\n");
+    gprint (GP_ERR, "     column names may include a type: name:type\n");
+    gprint (GP_ERR, "       type is int, float, char, time\n");
+    gprint (GP_ERR, "       for char, values are placed into a list $name:0 - $name:n\n");
+    gprint (GP_ERR, "       for time, values are human-readable date/time strings YYYY/MM/DD,hh:mm:ss\n");
+    gprint (GP_ERR, "       the resulting vector is a float based on the TIMEFORMAT, TIMEREF values\n");
     return (FALSE);
   }