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#  NSSDC/CDF					CDFirsdump online help.
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#  Version 1.1a, 21-Nov-97, Hughes STX.
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#  Modification history:
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#   V1.0	  ?, J Love	Original version.
#   V1.1  29-Mar-96, J Love	CDF V2.6.
#   V1.1a 21-Nov-97, J Love	Windows NT/95.
#   V1.2  29-Jul-06, M Liu      Renamed from CDFdump to CDFirsdump.
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#ifos mac win
CDFirsdump is a utility program used to examine the internal records of a
CDF.  The variable data record is displayed in hex form. The 
parameters/qualifiers dialog box displayed when CDFirsdump is
`executed' contains the following controls.

Edit fields for...

  CDF:               The pathname of the CDF to be examined.  At the end of
                     this field a button labeled "Select" is present.  When
                     selected, a standard input file dialog is displayed
                     from which the CDF may be selected.

  Output:            The pathname of the output file to which the dump will
                     be written.  At the end of this field a button labeled
                     "Select" is present.  When selected, a standard output
                     file dialog is displayed in which the output file
                     pathname may be specified.  If an extension is not
                     specified in this pathname, `.dmp' is appended
                     automatically.  If this field is left blank, the output 
                     is displayed on the screen in the "CDFirsdump: standard
                     output" window.

Check boxes for...

  Page output:       If the dump is being displayed on the screen, whether
                     or not the output is displayed one page (screen) at a
                     time.

  Show summary:      Whether or not a summary of the CDFirsdump is displayed.

Radio buttons for...

  Brief dump:        Perform a brief dump.

  Full dump:         Perform a full dump.

Buttons for...

  Enter              Causes CDFirsdump to dump a CDF based on the
                     parameters/qualifiers specified.

  Help               Causes this online help to be displayed.

#ifos mac
  Quit               Causes CDFirsdump to terminate.  (A CDFirsdump is not
                     performed.)  This button is only present the
                     first time the parameters/qualifiers dialog box
                     is displayed.

#endos
  Cancel             Causes the parameters/qualifiers dialog box to be
                     closed.  (A CDFirsdump is not performed.)
#ifos mac
                     This button is only present after the first time the
                     parameters/qualifiers dialog box is displayed.
#endos
#else
#ifos vms
Usage:    $ CDFIRSDUMP [/OUTPUT=<output-file>] [/BRIEF | /FULL] [/[NO]PAGE]
                       [/[NO]SUMMARY] [/ABOUT]
                       <cdf-name>
#endos
#ifos unix
Usage:    % cdfirsdump [-output <output-file>] [-brief | -full] [-[no]page]
                       [-[no]summary] [-about]
                       <cdf-name>
#endos
#ifos dos
Usage:    > cdfirsdump [-output <output-file>] [-brief | -full] [-[no]page]
                       [-[no]summary] [-about]
                       <cdf-name>
#endos

Purpose:       CDFirsdump dumps Internal Records (IRs) in a CDF.

Parameter(s):  <cdf-path>
                  The pathname of the CDF to dump (do not enter an
                  extension).

#ifos vms
               /OUTPUT=<file-path>
#else
               -output <file-path>
#endos
                  Redirects the output to a file.  The file created will
                  be named <file-path> (if <file-path> does not have an
                  extension, `.dmp' is appended automatically).  If this
                  qualifier is not specified, the output is displayed at
                  the terminal. 

#ifos vms
               /[NO]SUMMARY
#else
               -[no]summary
#endos
                  Specifies whether or not a summary of the internal records
                  is to be displayed.  The default is to show summary.

#ifos vms
               /[BRIEF | FULL]
#else
               -[brief ! full]
#endos
                  Specifies how the program should produce a dump. The 
                  option full will have all data fields in each IR to
                  be hex-dumped. The brief option, the default, only shows 
                  the summary of the IRs.

#ifos vms
               /[NO]PAGE
#else
               -[no]page
#endos
                  Specifies whether page breakers are added when the dump is 
                  showed on a screen. The default is to have page breakers.

#ifos vms
               /ABOUT
#else
               -about
#endos
                  Shows the library version that was used to create this tool
                  program.

#ifos vms
Example(s):    $ CDFIRSDUMP/NOPAGE GISS_SOIL
               $ CDFIRSDUMP/OUTPUT=TEMPLATE3 CDF$SMPL:TEMPLATE3
               $ CDFIRSDUMP MY_SAMPLE
#endos
#ifos unix
Example(s):    % cdfirsdump -nopage giss_soil
               % cdfirsdump -output template3 ../../samples/template3
               % cdfirsdump my_sample
#endos
#ifos dos
Example(s):    > cdfirsdump -nopage gisswetl
               > cdfirsdump -noformat -short a:\gisssoil
               > cdfirsdump -output tplate3 ..\..\samples\tplate3
               > cdfirsdump my_sample
#endos
#endos

