XDESIG

Name

xdesig

Purpose

Digest and record Minor Planet Center designation cross references.

Description

This program reads one or more files containing cross reference information
from the Minor Planet Center. These files contain pairs of columns where
the first column in the pair has the internal name as reported to the MPC
and the second column has the cross-reference designation returned by the
MPC.
Each object is located in the master cross reference file and then the
object data is updated to indicate the proper linkage. Before saving any
changes, the file is copied to a file with a '.bak' appended to the file
name.

Calling Sequence

xdesig,fnlist,objectfile

Inputs

fnlist - File name(s) to be read in with cross-references
objectfile - File name of master cross references, default='newobj.dat'

Optional Input Parameters

Keyword Input Parameters

SWAP - Flag, if set reverses the order of the cross reference list. The
normal order is to see a local designation in the first (or odd)
columns and the provisional designation is in the second (or
even) columns. If this flag is set then the provisional
designation comes first.
OBLIST - File containing the list of pre-designation objects of interest.
Default=/net/frakir/raid/buie/kbo/oblist.dat
If the file exists, it is scanned and warnings are posted if
an object is seen in oblist.dat that is also in the
cross-reference files that are being processed. Nothing is done
by this program. It's up to the user to do something with
warning messages.
NODB - Flag, if set will suppress saving new codes to des.newobj database.
NOSAVE - Flag, if set will suppress any file or DB I/O to check program
operation. This is not intended for dry-runs, just for program
debugging.

Outputs

Keyword Output Parameters

Common Blocks

Side Effects

Restrictions

Procedure

Modification History

2000/05/03, Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory
2001/10/03, MWB, upgraded to LONG loop counters.
2002/03/22, MWB, added SWAP keyword.
2002/09/03, MWB, changed Str_sep call to strsplit
2003/02/04, MWB, fixed minor bug in a warning statement
2003/08/15, MWB, added NODB keyword and database storage to des.newobj
2003/10/01, MWB, converted my Filecopy call to system file_copy routine
2004/02/09, MWB, change path to oblist.dat file.
2004/09/24, MWB, changed final file_copy to file_move for backup file
2006/12/05, MWB, added NOSAVE keyword, the creation of a backup of
the newobj database, and suppress reposting
cross-references that have already been posted.
2015/04/26, MWB, changed to collect up oblist warnings to the end