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User's Guide for SDDS Toolkit Version 1

Michael Borland
Advanced Photon Source

Mon Jan 10 17:03:25 CST 1994

SDDS is a file protocol for Self Describing Data Sets. This document describes Version 1 of the SDDS commandline toolkit. Those wishing to write programs using SDDS should consult the Application Programmer's Guide for SDDS Version 1[1]. The first section of the present document is taken from this reference without change.

• Definition of SDDS Protocol
  • Structure of the SDDS Header
    • Data Set Description
    • Tabular-Data Column Definition
    • Parameter Definition
    • Array Data Definition
    • Associate File Definition
    • Header File Include Specification
    • Data Mode and Arrangement Defintion
  • Structure of SDDS ASCII Data Tables
• Using SDDS Files with the mpl Toolkit
• Site Specific Details
• References
• Manual Pages
  • Brief Overview
  • awe2sdds
  • col2sdds
  • mpl2sdds
  • sdds2mpl
  • sdds2stream
  • sddscollapse
  • sddscombine
  • sddscongen
  • sddscontour
  • sddsconvert
  • sddsprocess
  • sddsquery
  • sddssort
  • sddsxref
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