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The showstas script is a standalone
program that queries the authority file described
in Section 2.4, “MAPS stations authority file”.
This script was written to address these needs:
Find out whether a given MAPS location code or station number is defined in the authority file, because data entry and compilation can't proceed with knowing the current set of codes.
Get the correct spelling of all the stations in one location, so the data entry operator can spell them correctly during data entry.
Consider, for example, location CHAF,
which has a bunch of stations clearly derived from
the names of bird genera, such as JUNC
(for Junco), MELO (for Melospiza, and so forth. One
of the station codes in the current authority file is
SP12, which was probably originally
intended to be SPIZ (as in Spizella), but the code was
misread long ago. We have to keep spelling that way
so new records for that station will match old
records.
There are two ways to run this script:
showstaslocation-codeshowstasstation-no
In the first form, you supply a four-letter location code, and you get a list of all the stations in that location. In the second form, you supply a five-digit station number, and you get a list of all the stations in the same location. In either case, the operator's name and phone number is shown, if known.
Examples:
$ showstas yose YOSE.BIME 11905 Big Meadow [John Doe, 415-555-1212] YOSE.CRFL 11907 Crane Flat [John Doe, 415-555-1212] YOSE.GFEM 11980 Gin Flat East Meadow [John Doe, 415-555-1212] YOSE.HODG 11107 Hodgdon Meadow [John Doe, 415-555-1212] YOSE.TAME 11906 Tamarack Meadow [John Doe, 415-555-1212] YOSE.WHWO 11904 White Wolf [John Doe, 415-555-1212] $ showstas 11904 YOSE.BIME 11905 Big Meadow [John Doe, 415-555-1212] YOSE.CRFL 11907 Crane Flat [John Doe, 415-555-1212] YOSE.GFEM 11980 Gin Flat East Meadow [John Doe, 415-555-1212] YOSE.HODG 11107 Hodgdon Meadow [John Doe, 415-555-1212] YOSE.TAME 11906 Tamarack Meadow [John Doe, 415-555-1212] YOSE.WHWO 11904 White Wolf [John Doe, 415-555-1212] $ showstas 13401 NONX.SLAB 13401 Big Concrete Slab [Jane Roe, 408-555-1212]
File stations.txt, which is a
flattened version of the MAPS stations authority file
(see Section 2.4, “MAPS stations authority file”), or a soft
link to that file, must be in the directory where the
script is run. For information on flattening a dBASE V
file, see Section 7.3, “The dbflatten script: Flatten a dBASE V
file”.