addGDS.pl and ls-gds.pl: Perl scripts for configuring GDS-LAS

[Joe Wielgosz <joew@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I have been asked to make an official announcement, so here it is:

Two Perl utility scripts for GDS are available at the following 
location:

	ftp://grads.iges.org/grads/gds/gds-perl-scripts-20021209.tar.gz

ls-gds.pl - a simple equivalent of the 'ls' command, for listing the 
contents of a remote GDS server
addGDS.pl - uses the ls-gds.pl script to generate XML descriptions of 
the contents of a GDS,  appropriate for inclusion in a Live Access 
Server configuration file (the equivalent of the LAS addXML.pl script, 
except that it adds a whole server at a time)

These scripts should be considered "alpha" code. Any update will be 
posted in the same FTP directory with a new datestamp.

How to use ls-gds.pl:
Just make sure the curl utility is in your path. The script contains a 
description of its command line options. Several types of output are 
available - dataset names, complete URLs, and short dataset 
descriptions.

How to use addGDS.pl:
Put both addGDS.pl and ls-gds.pl in the server/ directory of your LAS 
installation. Make sure the curl utility is in your path. The output is 
put in a separate XML file, which you should include in your las.xml. 
To do this, add the following line:
    <!ENTITY gds SYSTEM "gds-datasets.xml">
at the top of las.xml, after this line:
   <!DOCTYPE spec SYSTEM "spec.dtd" [
Then after the <lasdata> tag, add this:
   &gds;

I've only tested addGDS.pl against LAS 6.0. However, as long as the 
calling syntax for xml/perl/addXML.pl is the same, I would expect it to 
work on other versions.

- Joe


Joe Wielgosz / joew@cola.iges.org
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