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drs_tool

drslib()																  drslib()

NAME

       drs_tool - Command-line interface to DRSLIB

SYNPOSIS

DESCRIPTION

USAGE

       Usage

       Usage: drs_tool [command] [options] [drs-pattern]

       command:  list	    list  publication-level datasets todo      show file operations pending for the next version upgrade   make changes to
       the selected datasets to upgrade to the next version mapfile   make a mapfile of the selected dataset history   list all  versions  of  the
       selected dataset init	  initialise CMIP5 product detection data

OPTIONS

       --help display this help message and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

		  -h, --help	  show this help message and exit
		  -R ROOT, --root=ROOT
			Root directory of the DRS tree
		  -I INCOMING, --incoming=INCOMING
			Incoming directory for DRS files. Defaults to <root>/output
		  -a ACTIVITY, --activity=ACTIVITY
			Set DRS attribute activity for dataset discovery
		  -p PRODUCT, --product=PRODUCT
			Set DRS attribute product for dataset discovery
		  -i INSTITUTE, --institute=INSTITUTE
			Set DRS attribute institute for dataset discovery
		  -m MODEL, --model=MODEL
			Set DRS attribute model for dataset discovery
		  -e EXPERIMENT, --experiment=EXPERIMENT
			Set DRS attribute experiment for dataset discovery
		  -f FREQUENCY, --frequency=FREQUENCY
			Set DRS attribute frequency for dataset discovery
		  -r REALM, --realm=REALM
			Set DRS attribute realm for dataset discovery
		  -v VERSION, --version=VERSION
			Force version upgrades to this version
		  -P FILE, --profile=FILE
			Profile the script exectuion into FILE
		  --detect-product
			Automatically detect the DRS product of incoming data

REQUIRES


FILES

       drs_tool  uses  metaconfig to configure and store configuration information. Its configuration may be found then in a metaconfig.conf file,
       in /etc/metaconfig/metaconfig.conf on Debian systems, which may be overriden by $HOME/.metaconfig.conf or ./metaconfig.conf

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       The variable METACONF_CONF

VERSION

       0.3.0a3

BUGS

       To query and report bugs in drs_tool, please use reportbug on Debian systems.

SEE ALSO

       http://esgf.org/esgf-drslib-site/index.html

AUTHOR

       DRSLIB was written by Stephen Pascoe, STFC.SC.UK.  This manual page was written by Alastair McKinstry.

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