NAME

NWS - Perl extension for using NWS


SYNOPSIS

  use NWS;


DESCRIPTION

        Contains subroutine for running NWS commands. 
        NWS user guide located here: 
        http://www.nsf-middleware.org/documentation/NMI-R1/1/NWS/users_guide.htm#nws_extract


AUTHOR

        Maytal Dahan, maytal@tacc.utexas.edu


SEE ALSO

Cog::lib::Cog::Globus::Job, Cog::lib::Cog::Globus::RSL, Cog::lib::Cog::Globus::Run, Cog::lib::Cog::Globus::URLCopy, Cog::lib::Cog::MDS::Search, Cog::lib::Cog::Security::Cacl, Cog::lib::Cog::Security::Myproxy, Cog::lib::Cog::Security::Proxy, Cog::src::Config, CogUtil::lib::CogUtil::Log, CogUtil::lib::CogUtil::UnixRun, Gridport::lib::Gridport::Authentication, Gridport::lib::Gridport::FileTransfer, Gridport::lib::Gridport::Job, Gridport::lib::Gridport::ProxyForward, Gridport::lib::Gridport::SRB, NWS::lib::NWS, SRB::lib::SRB

extract

Description: Extracts NWS information

Parameters:
fieldList = This is a comma deliminated string. Specifies which information you would like displayed. i
fieldList is a comma-delimited list of forecast field names that you would like to see.
-h = this string is the number, Include a column header in the display after every n measurements.
A value of 0 suppresses the column header. The default value is 20.
num_forcasts = This is the number of measurements to display, default is 20.
nameserver = NWS name server that contains directory information for the NWS hosts of interest.
This overrides any default value from the environment or ~/.nwsrc.
ldap = Specifies that communication with the name server should be done using the LDAP
protocol instead of the NWS wire protocol
time = Specifies how far in the past to display measurements. By default, the program
displays an hour's worth of information
resource = the resource of interest
filter = It can be used to differentiate between multiple measurement series being
collected for the same resource. If you do not specify a filter it displays
all measurement series being collected for the resources you list.
hosts = space delimited list of hosts

Usage:
NWS->extract(field_list=>``mae_error, mse_forcast'',
-h=>5,
num_forcasts=>15,
nameserver=>bubba.tacc.utexas.edu,
filter=>'band',
hosts=>``longhorn archive'');

Returns:
Results from the extract command