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Associate File Definition

&associate
    STRING filename = NULL
    STRING path = NULL
    STRING description = NULL
    STRING contents = NULL
    long sdds = 0
&end

This optional command defines a file that is associated with the current data set. This allows the user to define a hierarchy of related files with nonhomgeneous data.

The required filename field gives the name of the associate file. The optional path field gives the directory path in which the file resides. The optional description field gives an informal description of the associate file, while the optional contents field gives a formal description of the associate file (as discussed above under the description command).

Example:

&associate filename="par10h.ele", contents="elegant input, parent", 
  description="elegant command input file used to generate this file"
&end
&associate filename="parh10.lte", contents="elegant lattice, parent",
  description="elegant lattice input file used to generate this file"
&end
&asssociate filename="par10h.mag", contents="mpl magnet-layout, sibling",
  description="elegant-generated magnet-layout for this file"
&end