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\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
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@c %**start of header
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@setfilename udunits2prog.info
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@settitle udunits2 Program Guide
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@c %**end of header
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@dircategory Science
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@direntry
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* udunits2: (udunits2prog). The Unidata units-conversion program.
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@end direntry
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@copying
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@include LICENSE
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@end copying
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@titlepage
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@title The @code{udunits2} Program
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@author Steven R. Emmerson
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@page
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@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
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@insertcopying
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@end titlepage
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@contents
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@ifnottex
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@node Top, Synopsis, (dir), (dir)
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@top udunits2
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This manual describes how to use the @code{udunits2} program.
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This program allows you to discover the definition of a unit
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as well as convert numeric values between compatible units.
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@insertcopying
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@end ifnottex
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@menu
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* Synopsis:: Terse usage example
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* Options:: Command-line options
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* Description:: Description of the program
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* See Also:: Additional information
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* Complete Index:: Complete index
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@end menu
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@node Synopsis, Options, Top, Top
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@chapter Synopsis
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@cindex synopsis
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@example
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udunits2 [-A|-L|-U] [-hr] [XML_file]
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@end example
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@node Options, Description, Synopsis, Top
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@chapter Options
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@cindex options
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The following options and arguments are supported:
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@table @code
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@item -A
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Use the ASCII character-set.
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@item -L
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Use the ISO Latin-1 (ISO-8859-1) character-set.
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@item -U
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Use the full Unicode character-set with UTF-8 encoding.
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@item -h
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Print a help message.
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@item -r
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Reveal any problems with the units database (by default, no error messages are
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printed during import of the database).
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@item XML_file
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The pathname of the XML-formatted units database.
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If not specified, then the default, compile-time pathname is used.
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@end table
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@node Description, See Also, Options, Top
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@chapter Description
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When successfully started, the program will print the prompt
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@example
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You have:
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@end example
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At this point you can exit the program by entering the end-of-file character
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(usually control-D) or continue by entering either a value or a unit.
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(a value comprises a numerical value and a unit.
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For example,
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@example
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You have: 80 km/h
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You want:
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@end example
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At this point, if you enter a blank line, then the program will assume
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that you entered a unit in the previous line and will print
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the definition of that unit in terms of the base units of the
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unit-system that it imported on startup. For example,
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@example
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You have: 80 km/h
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You want:
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22.2222222222222 m.s-1
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You have:
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@end example
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Details of the formatting depend on the character-set being used.
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@xref{Options}.
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Alternatively, at the ``@kbd{You want:}'' prompt you can enter the unit
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in which you want the previously-entered value.
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For example,
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@example
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You have: 80 km/h
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You want: mi/h
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80 km/h = 49.7097 mi/h
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x/(mi/h) = 0.621371*(x/(km/h))
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You have:
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@end example
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The first line after ``@kbd{You want:}'' shows the ``have'' value in the
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desired ``want'' unit.
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The second line shows the transformation between numerical values
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in the ``have'' unit to numerical values in the ``want'' unit. The
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symbol ``@kbd{x}'' represents the physical quantity in question.
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See @url{http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/sec07.html}.
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@node See Also, Complete Index, Description, Top
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@chapter See Also
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@xref{Top, , UDUNITS-2, udunits2lib, The UDUNITS-2 C API Guide}, for
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information on the UDUNITS-2 library, which is used by this program.
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@node Complete Index, , See Also, Top
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@unnumbered Index
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@printindex cp
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@bye
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