retrieves update control, local file and remote file information for a given dataset. This is a comprehensive action, combining three Get actions, -GC (-GetControl), -GL (-GetLocalFile) and -GR (-GetRemoteFile).
dsupdt | [[-(DS|dataset)] dsnnn.n] -(GA|GetAll) [Mode Option] |
  | [-(CI|ControlIndex) UpdateControlIndices] |
  | [-(LI|LocalIndex) LocalFileIndices] |
  | [-(LF|LocalFile) LocalFileNames] |
  | [-(RF|RemoteFile) RemoteFileNames] |
  | [-(OF|OutputFile) OutputFileName] |
  | [-(DB|Debug) DebugModeInfo] |
Mode option that can be specified for getting all Action:
-(FO|FormatOutput) | format the column output with a fix width for all values of a given field |
dsupdt | 277.0 GA -CI 2 -OF ds277.0.c1 |
Content of output file ds277.0.c1:
Dataset<=>ds277.0
[DCUPDT]
ControlIndex<:>Specialist<:>ParentIndex<:>Action<:>Frequency<:>ControlOffset<:>ControlTime<:>RetryInterval<:>UpdateControl<:>EMailControl<:>ErrorControl<:>KeepFile<:>HourOffset<:>DataTime<:>HostName<:>
1<:>zji<:>0<:>UF<:>1W<:>1D9H<:>2011-10-24 09:00:00<:>12H<:><:>A<:>N<:>N<:>0<:><:><:>
[DLUPDT]
LocalIndex<:>LocalFile<:>Action<:>ExecOrder<:>ControlIndex<:>FileArchived<:>DownloadCommand<:>Options<:>Frequency<:>EndPeriod<:>DueInterval<:>EndDate<:>EndHour<:>RetryInterval<:>ValidInterval<:>AgeTime<:>WorkDir<:>MissRemote<:>ProcessRemote<:>BuildCommand<:>CleanCommand<:>Specialist<:>Description<:>
51<:>oisst.<YYYY>.asc.gz<:>AB<:>1<:>1<:><:>ncftpget ftp://ftp.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/cmb/sst/oisst_v2/ASCII_UPDATE/<:>-GI 1 -AF GZ -DF ASCII<:>1W<:>6<:><:>2011-10-22<:><:><:><:><:>$UPDTDATA/zji/NCEPSST<:>N<:><:><:>rm -f -LF<:>zji<:><YYYY/MM/DD>-<YYYY/MM/DD><:>
[DRUPDT]
LocalIndex<:>LocalFile<:>RemoteFile<:>ExecOrder<:>DownloadOrder<:>ServerFile<:>DownloadCommand<:>BeginTime<:>EndTime<:>TimeInterval<:>
51<:>oisst.<YYYY>.asc.gz<:>oisst.<YYYY>.asc.Z<:>1<:>0<:><:><:><:><:><:>
This example shows a weekly update of a local file with remote file name different from the local file name.