6.3 mpl2sdds

• description: Adds mpl data files to an SDDS data set. mpl is a simple data format used by the mpl Toolkit, which is now largely superseded by SDDS and will not be supported in the future.
• examples:
  mpl2sdds APS_s_betax.out APS_s_betay.out -output=APSbetas.sdds  
      

• synopsis:
  mpl2sdds mplFile [mplFile...] -output=SDDSFile [-erase]  
      

• files: Any number of mplFile arguments may be given. These name files in mpl format, which has between two and four columns of data. mpl2sdds attempts to add all of the columns from each mpl data file to the data set. However, a column that has the same name as an existing column will not be used. By default, the data in the mpl files is added to SDDSFile if it exists already.
• switches:
  • -output=SDDSFile — Specifies that data be added to file SDDSFile. If the file does not exist, it is created.
  • -erase — Specifies that if SDDSFile exists already, it should be erased prior to adding any data to the data set. By default, the data in SDDSFile is retained.
• see also:
  • sdds2mpl()
• author: M. Borland, ANL/APS.