dumpAT User's Guide

August 25, 2005

Table of Contents

Overview

Running the dumpAT Program

Example Output

Overview

The dumpAT is a utility program to output all or portions of the VTEC active table.  For further information on the meaning of the codes within the VTEC active table, refer to the GFESuite VTEC Guide.

Running the dumpAT Program

 Restriction:  The dumpAT program can only be run from the same machine as the VTEC active table is residing!

The command line syntax is:
dumpAT [-w siteid] [-p phenomena] [-s significance] [-a id] [-e etn] [-l pil] [-a action] [-n tableName] [-f tableFilename]

A sample command line is:
dumpAT -n active -a NEW -p WS -p FA -p GL
 
Option Syntax Optional or Mandatory Description
-w wfoid
 Optional. May have more than one -w switch.
 Defines the WFOID filter.  If not specified, then all records from all sites will be output.
-p phenomena
 Optional. May have more than one -p switch.
 Defines the VTEC phenomena filter, e.g., "WS".  If not specified, then all phenomenas will be output.
-s significance
 Optional. May have more than one -s switch. Defines the VTEC significance filter, e.g., "A".  If not specified, then all significances will be output.
-e etn
 Optional. May have more than one -e switch.
 Defines the etn (event tracking number) filter, e.g., 0245.  If not specified, then all etns will be output.
-l pil
 Optional. May have more than one -l switch.
 Defines the product pil (category) filter, e.g., NPW.  If not specified, then records from all product pils will be output.
-a action
 Optional. May have more than one -a switch.
 Defines the VTEC action filter, e.g., CON.  If not specified, then all actions will be output.
-i id
 Optional. May have more than one -i switch.
Defines the Geographical ID filter, e.g., COZ023.
-n tableName
 Optional.
 Determines the name of the active table to dump.  Default is "active".
-f tableFileName
 Optional.  Only the -f or -n switch may be provided, not both.
 Uses this file as the table to dump. This file may be an uncompressed active table, or a compressed active table.

Example Execution

The following shows an example of running the dumpAT without any filtering:

bart > dumpAT
 LOG-STATUS: Log file opened on host bart at Mon Jul  4 19:30:14 2005
19:30:14.144 dumpAT 65 EVENT:  *********** dumpAT ****************
19:30:14.146 dumpAT 79 EVENT:  Cmd: []
19:30:14.155 dumpAT 126 EVENT:  Number of records (unfiltered):  15
19:30:14.155 dumpAT 127 EVENT:  Number of records (filtered):  15
19:30:14.163 dumpAT 128 EVENT:  Records:
Vtec: /X.CON.KSHV.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-050705T1500Z/
Hdln: ????
Start:  Mon Jul  4 18:07:00 2005 1120500420.0  Action: CON  Pil: FFA
End:    Tue Jul  5 15:00:00 2005 1120575600.0  UFN: 0
Purge:  Tue Jul  5 02:15:00 2005 1120529700.0
Issue:  Mon Jul  4 18:07:00 2005 1120500420.0
Phen: FA   Sig: A   Office: KSHV   Etn: 0001 Seg: 1   Key: FA.A
Zone: ['ARC027', 'ARC073', 'ARC091', 'ARC099', 'ARC139', 'LAC015', 'LAC017', 'LAC119', 'TXC067', 'TXC073', 'TXC183', 'TXC203', 'TXC315', 'TXC401']

Vtec: /X.NEW.KSHV.LE.A.0001.050704T1408Z-050704T1500Z/
Hdln: ????
Start:  Mon Jul  4 14:08:00 2005 1120486080.0  Action: NEW  Pil: WSW
End:    Mon Jul  4 15:00:00 2005 1120489200.0  UFN: 0
Purge:  Mon Jul  4 15:15:00 2005 1120490100.0
Issue:  Mon Jul  4 14:08:00 2005 1120486080.0
Phen: LE   Sig: A   Office: KSHV   Etn: 0001 Seg: 1   Key: LE.A
Zone: ['ARZ073']


19:30:14.164 dumpAT 135 EVENT:  Final: wctime: 0.02   ,cputime: 0.19