starpkg(1) General Commands Manual starpkg(1)
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 (C) 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)