The read Command
The read command reads a data file and launches the graphical
interface (for its meaning in GPSMan scripts see the exec command).
read FORMAT [PARAMS] [TYPES] PATH
where:
FORMAT [IN-PARAMS]
is the input file format and its
parameters (if any); use show
formats for a list of the currently accepted
formats;
IN-TYPES
are the data types to read; the possible types
depend on the format and some formats impose that there is a
single data type per file; they may be absent if the format
requires a unique data type or if the files can have items of
different types; all
can be used as an abbreviation of
WP RT TR
;
PATH
is the path to the file to read from, or, in the
case of the Shapefile
format, the path to the Shapefiles
basename (file extensions will be discarded). If the PATH
is stdin
input will be from the standard input unless the
format is the Shapefile
format (in which case the
command fails).
GPSMan User Manual
©1998-2007 Miguel
Filgueiras,
mig_at_ncc.up.pt
, LIACC & DCC Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto