Do_SelFile

selfile_create

Purpos

This program allows you to create a selection file. It is a batch file.

Usage

$ selfile_create "[file pattern]" > [sel file]

Parameters

• `` File pattern, admits wildcards, i.e., the characters ? and *.

There is no restriction on the names either of the selfile itself or the files included, neither in the number of file to manage.

Examples and notes

• If you don't write the proper double quotes then the wildcards are expanded by the shell and only the first file is included in the selfile
• If you make a selfile with a pattern that the selfile itself meets, then the selfile will be inside itself.
  • Solution: be more restrictive with the pattern.

Here you have several examples of use:

$ selfile_create "g0ta/*" > g0ta.sel

The content of the file is like this

g0ta/g0ta00001.xmp 1
g0ta/g0ta00002.xmp 1
g0ta/g0ta00003.xmp 1
...

You can create selfiles selecting by hand the files

$ selfile_create "g0ta00001.xmp g0ta00002.xmp" > g0ta_by_hand.sel

The result would be:

g0ta00001.xmp 1
g0ta00002.xmp 1

Or selfiles as complex as

$ selfile_create "g0ta00[0-4]* g0ta005[0-3]* g0ta00540.xmp g0ta00541.xmp" > g0t_even.sel 

--Main.AlfredoSolano - 16 Jan 2007