MGD77PATH(1) Generic Mapping Tools MGD77PATH(1)NAMEmgd77path - Get full pathname for MGD77 files
SYNOPSISmgd77path NGDC-ids [ -D ] [ -Iignore ] [ -P[-] ] [ -V ]
DESCRIPTIONmgd77path returns the full pathname to one or more MGD77 files. The
pathname returned for a given cruise may change with time due to
reshuffling of disks/subdirectories.
NGDC-ids
Can be one or more of five kinds of specifiers:
1) 8-character NGDC IDs, e.g., 01010083, JA010010etc., etc.
2) 2-character <agency> codes which will return all cruises from
each agency.
3) 4-character <agency><vessel> codes, which will return all
cruises from those vessels.
4) =<list>, where <list> is a table with NGDC IDs, one per line.
5) If nothing is specified we return all cruises in the data
base.
(See mgd77info -L for agency and vessel codes). The ".mgd77" or
".nc" extensions will automatically be appended, if needed (use
-I to ignore certain file types). Cruise files will be looked
for first in the current directory and second in all directories
listed in $MGD77_HOME/mgd77_paths.txt [If $MGD77_HOME is not set
it will default to $GMT_SHAREDIR/mgd77].
OPTIONS
No space between the option flag and the associated arguments.
-D Instead of cruise listings, just show the directory paths cur‐
rently used in the search.
-I Ignore certain data file formats from consideration. Append
a|c|m|t to ignore MGD77 ASCII, MGD77+ netCDF, MGD77T ASCII or
plain tab-separated ASCII table files, respectively. The option
may be repeated to ignore more than one format. [Default
ignores none].
-P Display the full path to each cruise [Default]. Optionally,
append - which will list just the cruise IDs instead.
-V Selects verbose mode, which will send progress reports to stderr
[Default runs "silently"]. Reports the total number of cruises
found.
EXAMPLES
To obtain pathnames for cruises 01010008 and 01010007, run
mgd77path 01010008 01010007
To obtain pathnames for cruises 01010008 and 01010007, but only if
there are MGD77+ version in netCDF, run
mgd77path 01010008 01010007 -Ia -It
To see the list of active directories where MGD77 files might be
stored, run
mgd77path-D
SEE ALSOGMT(1)mgd77info(1)mgd77list(1)mgd77manage(1)mgd77track(1)REFERENCES
Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 2015, The Generic Mapping Tools (GMT)
version 4.5.14 Technical Reference & Cookbook, SOEST/NOAA.
Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1998, New, Improved Version of Generic
Mapping Tools Released, EOS Trans., AGU, 79 (47), p. 579.
Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1995, New Version of the Generic Map‐
ping Tools Released, EOS Trans., AGU, 76 (33), p. 329.
Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1995, New Version of the Generic Map‐
ping Tools Released, http://www.agu.org/eos_elec/95154e.html, Copyright
1995 by the American Geophysical Union.
Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1991, Free Software Helps Map and Dis‐
play Data, EOS Trans., AGU, 72 (41), p. 441.
The Marine Geophysical Data Exchange Format - "MGD77", see
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/dat/geodas/docs/mgd77.txt
GMT 4.5.14 1 Nov 2015 MGD77PATH(1)
