debian man page for nctoh5

NCTOH5(1)						      General Commands Manual							 NCTOH5(1)

NAME
       nctoh5 - Convert a NetCDF file into a PyTables (HDF5 format) file

SYNOPSIS
       nctoh5  -h  -v  -o  --complevel=(0-9)  --complib=lib --shuffle=(0|1) --fletcher32=(0|1) --unpackshort=(0|1) --quantize=(0|1) netcdffilename
       hdf5filename

DESCRIPTION
       Convert a generic NetCDF file into a PyTables (HDF5 format) file

OPTIONS
       A summary of options is included below.

       -h     Prints a help text.

       -v     Show more information.

       -o     Overwite destination file.

       --complevel=(0-9)
	      Sets a compression level (0 for no compression, which is the default).

       --complib=lib
	      Sets the compression library to be used during the copy. lib can be set to "zlib", "lzo" or "ucl". Defaults to "zlib".

       --shuffle=(0|1)
	      Activate or not the shuffling filter (default is active if complevel>0).

       --fletcher32=(0|1)
	      Whether activate or not the fletcher32 filter (not active by default).

       --unpackshort=(0|1)
	      Unpack short integer variables to float variables using scale_factor and	add_offset  netCDF  variable  attributes  (not	active	by
	      default).

       --quantize=(0|1)
	      Quantize data to improve compression using least_significant_digit netCDF variable attribute (not active by default).  See
	      http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cdc/conventions/cdc_netcdf_standard.shtml
	      for further explanation of what this attribute means.

SEE ALSO
       ptdump(1),ptrepack(1).
       These utilities are documented fully by PyTables user's manual.

AUTHOR
       This manual page was written by Francesc Altet <faltet@carabos.com>.

								 November 11, 2004							 NCTOH5(1)