X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Ffiles.texi;h=ea1ff885f471af869ba2aea5aea63601a26cd7da;hb=6c00e8aa67a343882caaeb9b794b4891b50b9be5;hp=6f723213ef52447f957f414a37981dd3aaac0fd2;hpb=2feb80cc7e27079c77255ee8ab6a9aa373980abb;p=pspp diff --git a/doc/files.texi b/doc/files.texi index 6f723213ef..ea1ff885f4 100644 --- a/doc/files.texi +++ b/doc/files.texi @@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ portable files. * MATCH FILES:: Merge system files. * SAVE:: Write to a system file. * SYSFILE INFO:: Display system file dictionary. -* XSAVE:: Write to a system file, as a transform. +* XEXPORT:: Write to a portable file, as a transformation. +* XSAVE:: Write to a system file, as a transformation. @end menu -@node APPLY DICTIONARY, EXPORT, System and Portable Files, System and Portable Files +@node APPLY DICTIONARY @section APPLY DICTIONARY @vindex APPLY DICTIONARY @@ -61,21 +62,38 @@ the active file weighting variable. active file. The system file is not modified. -@node EXPORT, GET, APPLY DICTIONARY, System and Portable Files +@node EXPORT @section EXPORT @vindex EXPORT @display EXPORT /OUTFILE='filename' + /UNSELECTED=@{RETAIN,DELETE@} + /DIGITS=n /DROP=var_list /KEEP=var_list /RENAME=(src_names=target_names)@dots{} + /TYPE=@{COMM,TAPE@} + /MAP @end display The @cmd{EXPORT} procedure writes the active file dictionary and data to a specified portable file. +By default, cases excluded with FILTER are written to the portable +file. These can be excluded by specifying DELETE on the UNSELECTED +subcommand. Specifying RETAIN makes the default explicit. + +Portable files express real numbers in base 30. Integers are always +expressed to the maximum precision needed to make them exact. +Non-integers are, by default, expressed to the machine's maximum +natural precision (approximately 15 decimal digits on many machines). +If many numbers require this many digits, the portable file may +significantly increase in size. As an alternative, the DIGITS +subcommand may be used to specify the number of decimal digits of +precision to write. DIGITS applies only to non-integers. + The OUTFILE subcommand, which is the only required subcommand, specifies the portable file to be written as a file name string or a file handle (@pxref{FILE HANDLE}). @@ -83,9 +101,14 @@ the portable file to be written as a file name string or a file handle DROP, KEEP, and RENAME follow the same format as the SAVE procedure (@pxref{SAVE}). +The TYPE subcommand specifies the character set for use in the +portable file. Its value is currently not used. + +The MAP subcommand is currently ignored. + @cmd{EXPORT} is a procedure. It causes the active file to be read. -@node GET, IMPORT, EXPORT, System and Portable Files +@node GET @section GET @vindex GET @@ -130,7 +153,7 @@ is affected by these subcommands. @cmd{GET} does not cause the data to be read, only the dictionary. The data is read later, when a procedure is executed. -@node IMPORT, MATCH FILES, GET, System and Portable Files +@node IMPORT @section IMPORT @vindex IMPORT @@ -158,7 +181,7 @@ DROP, KEEP, and RENAME follow the syntax used by @cmd{GET} (@pxref{GET}). @cmd{IMPORT} does not cause the data to be read, only the dictionary. The data is read later, when a procedure is executed. -@node MATCH FILES, SAVE, IMPORT, System and Portable Files +@node MATCH FILES @section MATCH FILES @vindex MATCH FILES @@ -224,18 +247,22 @@ FIRST, LAST, and MAP are currently ignored. @cmd{MATCH FILES} may not be specified following @cmd{TEMPORARY} (@pxref{TEMPORARY}) if the active file is used as an input source. -@node SAVE, SYSFILE INFO, MATCH FILES, System and Portable Files +@node SAVE @section SAVE @vindex SAVE @display SAVE /OUTFILE='filename' + /UNSELECTED=@{RETAIN,DELETE@} /@{COMPRESSED,UNCOMPRESSED@} + /PERMISSIONS=@{WRITEABLE,READONLY@} /DROP=var_list /KEEP=var_list /VERSION=version /RENAME=(src_names=target_names)@dots{} + /NAMES + /MAP @end display The @cmd{SAVE} procedure causes the dictionary and data in the active @@ -246,10 +273,18 @@ OUTFILE is the only required subcommand. Specify the system file to be written as a string file name or a file handle (@pxref{FILE HANDLE}). +By default, cases excluded with FILTER are written to the system file. +These can be excluded by specifying DELETE on the UNSELECTED +subcommand. Specifying RETAIN makes the default explicit. + The COMPRESS and UNCOMPRESS subcommand determine whether the saved system file is compressed. By default, system files are compressed. This default can be changed with the SET command (@pxref{SET}). +The PERMISSIONS subcommand specifies permissions for the new system +file. WRITEABLE, the default, creates the file with read and write +permission. READONLY creates the file for read-only access. + By default, all the variables in the active file dictionary are written to the system file. The DROP subcommand can be used to specify a list of variables not to be written. In contrast, KEEP specifies variables @@ -274,14 +309,15 @@ the active file. DROP, KEEP, and RENAME only affect the system file written to disk. The VERSION subcommand specifies the version of the file format. Valid -versions are '3' and '3x'. Version 3x system files are identical to -version 3 files, except that variable names greater than 8 bytes will -be truncated. The default version is 3. The VERSION subcommand is -optional. There is no need ever to use it. +versions are 2 and 3. The default version is 3. In version 2 system +files, variable names longer than 8 bytes will be truncated. The two +versions are otherwise identical. + +The NAMES and MAP subcommands are currently ignored. @cmd{SAVE} causes the data to be read. It is a procedure. -@node SYSFILE INFO, XSAVE, SAVE, System and Portable Files +@node SYSFILE INFO @section SYSFILE INFO @vindex SYSFILE INFO @@ -297,7 +333,40 @@ a system file and displays information on its dictionary. @cmd{SYSFILE INFO} does not affect the current active file. -@node XSAVE, , SYSFILE INFO, System and Portable Files +@node XEXPORT +@section XEXPORT +@vindex XEXPORT + +@display +EXPORT + /OUTFILE='filename' + /DIGITS=n + /DROP=var_list + /KEEP=var_list + /RENAME=(src_names=target_names)@dots{} + /TYPE=@{COMM,TAPE@} + /MAP +@end display + +The @cmd{EXPORT} transformation writes the active file dictionary and +data to a specified portable file. + +This transformation is a PSPP extension. + +It is similar to the @cmd{EXPORT} procedure, with two differences: + +@itemize +@item +@cmd{XEXPORT} is a transformation, not a procedure. It is executed when +the data is read by a procedure or procedure-like command. + +@item +@cmd{XEXPORT} does not support the UNSELECTED subcommand. +@end itemize + +@xref{EXPORT}, for more information. + +@node XSAVE, , XEXPORT, System and Portable Files @section XSAVE @vindex XSAVE @@ -305,17 +374,27 @@ a system file and displays information on its dictionary. XSAVE /OUTFILE='filename' /@{COMPRESSED,UNCOMPRESSED@} + /PERMISSIONS=@{WRITEABLE,READONLY@} /DROP=var_list /KEEP=var_list + /VERSION=version /RENAME=(src_names=target_names)@dots{} + /NAMES + /MAP @end display The @cmd{XSAVE} transformation writes the active file dictionary and -data to a -system file stored on disk. +data to a system file stored on disk. It is similar to the @cmd{SAVE} +procedure, with two differences: + +@itemize +@item +@cmd{XSAVE} is a transformation, not a procedure. It is executed when +the data is read by a procedure or procedure-like command. + +@item +@cmd{XSAVE} does not support the UNSELECTED subcommand. +@end itemize -@cmd{XSAVE} is a transformation, not a procedure. It is executed when the -data is read by a procedure or procedure-like command. In all other -respects, @cmd{XSAVE} is identical to @cmd{SAVE}. @xref{SAVE}, for -more information on syntax and usage. +@xref{SAVE}, for more information. @setfilename ignored