load_proc_parse.pl - Update the Sybase starcheck processing tables
load_proc_parse.pl [ mission planning directory ]
This script populates a database that stores all of the load-specific (but not obsid-specific) information from starcheck.txt. When called without any options, the script queries the mp_load_info table to get a list of all load directories that have newer ``processed dates'' than the dates already within the starcheck_processing table. The data from the starcheck files within those directories are then added to the starcheck_processing table. If the script is run on a directory that already exists within the table (either reprocessed in automatic processing and hence updated in the mp_load_info table, or specified at the command line), the old information is deleted and a new entry is created.
name type length -------------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- mp_path varchar 30 type varchar 30 value varchar 100 section_line_num intn 4 last_ap_date datetimn 8
This table is actually a bit confusing; each section of the
starcheck header matter is parsed individually and each line
within each section is numbered. This allows one to use the
database to conveniently search for items and the line numbers allow a user to use
the table to reconstruct much of the original starcheck output.
This script should be run in an overnight cron job with no input parameters.
Jean Connelly, <jeanconn@localdomain>
Copyright 2006 by Smithsonian Astrophysical Obsevatory
This script is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.