NAME¶

dst2ascii - Convert DST record files to CSV

SYNOPSIS¶

dst2ascii
dst2ascii dst_directory

DESCRIPTION¶

This is a small utility to convert the binary record file produced when performing distance calculations to an ASCII file for further analysis.
Distance calculations are triggered by performing by using the filenames voacapd.dat and voacapd.out for voacap input/output files. e.g.
voacapl ~/itshfbc voacapd.dat voacapd.output

OPTIONS¶

dst_directory

The location of the .dst file and corresponding .idx file. The output ASCII file is saved in this directory. If this parameter is not specified, the current working directory will be used.

EXAMPLES¶

dst2ascii
Creates an ASCII file (voacapd.asc) using the values found in the voacap.dst and voacapd.idx files located in the current working directory.
dst2ascii my_directory
Creates an ASCII file (my_directory/voacapd.asc) using the values found in the voacap.dst and voacapd.idx files located in the directory 'my_directory'.

FILES¶

voacapd.dst voacapd.idx

ENVIRONMENT¶

dst2ascii does not make use of any environment variables.

AUTHOR¶

James Watson <jimwatson at mac dot com>.

SEE ALSO¶

www.voacap.com