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starpkg(1)		    General Commands Manual		    starpkg(1)

NAME
       starpkg - convert a StarPlot data set to	StarPlot file format

SYNOPSIS
       starpkg [ --dataset ] data-set [	--dest destination ]
       starpkg --recurse input-dir [ --dest destination	]

DESCRIPTION
       On  the	StarPlot web site are available	some packages of data that in-
       clude both an original data file	from NASA, and also  a	 specification
       file.   These packages are referred to as "data sets", from which star-
       convert(1) can produce a	data file in StarPlot  format.	 For  ease  of
       use, this should	be done	via the	starpkg	shell script.

USAGE
       Assuming	 that  data-set	is a valid StarPlot data set (either in	tar.gz
       format or a directory resulting from uncompressing  the	tar.gz	file),
       the  `starpkg  --dataset'  command  converts it to a StarPlot-formatted
       data file.  Note	that the `--dataset' flag is optional, and the name of
       the input data set may be specified without it.	In order to be a valid
       StarPlot	data set, a directory or tar.gz	file must contain at  least  a
       valid  specification  file whose	name ends with `.spec' and a flat text
       data file named `catalog.dat'.

       If the `--dest' option is omitted, the default location of  the	output
       file  is	 the first of the directories /usr/local/share/starplot, $PWD,
       $HOME in	which the user has write permissions.  If `--dest' is  omitted
       or  destination is a directory, the name	of the output file will	by de-
       fault be	${specfilename%.spec}.stars.  For instance, a  data  set  con-
       taining gliese.3.spec will produce a file named gliese.3.stars.

       The  `starpkg  --recurse' form of the command executes the above	action
       for every StarPlot data set contained in	input-dir, placing the result-
       ing  StarPlot  data files to the	directory destination.	(If the	--dest
       option is omitted, the  default	destination  directory	is  chosen  as
       above.)	 This  form  of	 the starpkg command is	most useful when a new
       version of StarPlot has been installed and you wish to  regenerate  all
       StarPlot	data files from	data sets using	the new	starconvert program.

OPTIONS
       --dataset, -s
	      Specify  a  directory  or	 tar.gz	file to	use as a StarPlot data
	      set.

       --dest, -d
	      Specify the file or directory in which to	output StarPlot-format
	      data files.

       --quiet,	-q
	      Print only fatal errors to the terminal.

       --recurse, -r
	      Specify a	directory in which to search for StarPlot data sets.

       --starconvert-option option
	      Pass  option  through  to	starconvert.  If you wish to pass more
	      than one option (or an option that takes a following  argument),
	      you should give this flag	multiple times,	once for each starcon-
	      vert option or argument.

       --verbose, -v
	      Print all	starconvert output to the terminal.

SEE ALSO
       starplot(1), starconvert(1)

AUTHOR
       Copyright  (C)  2000-2002  under	 the  GNU  GPL	by  Kevin  B.  McCarty
       _starplot@starplot.org_.	 The StarPlot web page is at www.starplot.org.

				   Nov 2002			    starpkg(1)
NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | USAGE | OPTIONS | SEE ALSO | AUTHOR

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