SUMMARY

Writes data in memory to disk in SDD format.

SYNTAX

WRITESDD {options} {namingoptions}

where options are one or more of the following:

DIR ON|OFF|CURRENT|name

These options MUST preceed any element in the naming options:

OVER
APPEND text
PREPEND text
DELETE text
CHANGE text1 text2
filelist

Only one of these namingoptions is allowed at a time.

INPUT

DIR ON: Turn directory option on but don't change name of write directory.

DIR OFF: Turn directory option off. When off, write files to current directory.

DIR CURRENT: Turn directory option on and set name of write directory to the "current directory" (e.g. the directory from which you started SAC.)

DIR name: Turn directory option on and set name of write directory to name. Write all filenames to the directory called name. This may be a relative or absolute directory name.

OVER: Use current read filelist as write filelist. Overwrite files on disk with data in memory.

APPEND text: Write filelist is created by appending text to each name in the current read filelist.

PREPEND text: Write filelist is created by prepending text to each name in the current read filelist.

DELETE text: Write filelist is created by deleting the first occurrence of text in each name in the current read filelist.

CHANGE text1 text2:

Write filelist is created by changing the first occurrence of text1 in each name in the current read filelist to text2.

filelist: Write filelist is set to filelist. This list may contain simple filenames, relative pathnames, or full pathnames. IT MAY NOT CONTAIN WILDCARDS.

DIR ON:	Turn directory option on but don't change name of write directory.
DIR OFF:	Turn directory option off. When off, write files to current directory.
DIR CURRENT:	Turn directory option on and set name of write directory to the "current directory" (e.g. the directory from which you started SAC.)
DIR name:	Turn directory option on and set name of write directory to name. Write all filenames to the directory called name. This may be a relative or absolute directory name.
OVER:	Use current read filelist as write filelist. Overwrite files on disk with data in memory.
APPEND text:	Write filelist is created by appending text to each name in the current read filelist.
PREPEND text:	Write filelist is created by prepending text to each name in the current read filelist.
DELETE text:	Write filelist is created by deleting the first occurrence of text in each name in the current read filelist.
CHANGE text1 text2:
	Write filelist is created by changing the first occurrence of text1 in each name in the current read filelist to text2.
filelist:	Write filelist is set to filelist. This list may contain simple filenames, relative pathnames, or full pathnames. IT MAY NOT CONTAIN WILDCARDS.

LATEST REVISION

September 08, 1990 (Version 10.6)