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BUFRENCODE(1)         User Contributed Perl Documentation        BUFRENCODE(1)


SYNOPSIS

         bufrencode.pl --data <data file> --metadata <metadata file>
             [--outfile <file to print encoded BUFR message to>]
             [--strict_checking n]
             [--tablepath <path to BUFR tables>]
             [--verbose n]
             [--help]


DESCRIPTION

       Encode a BUFR message, reading data and metadata from files. The
       resulting BUFR message will be printed to STDOUT unless option
       "--outfile" is set.

       Execute without arguments for Usage, with option --help for some
       additional info. See also "https://wiki.met.no/bufr.pm/start" for
       examples of use.


OPTIONS

          --outfile <filename>  Will print the encoded BUFR message to <filename>
                                instead of STDOUT

          --strict_checking n   n=0 Disable strict checking of BUFR format
                                n=1 Issue warning if (recoverable) error in
                                    BUFR format
                                n=2 (default) Croak if (recoverable) error in BUFR format.
                                    Nothing more in this message will be encoded.

          --verbose n           Set verbose level to n, 0<=n<=6 (default 0).
                                Verbose output is sent to STDOUT, so ought to
                                be combined with option --outfile

          --tablepath <path to BUFR tables>
                                If used, will set path to BUFR tables. If not set,
                                will fetch tables from the environment variable
                                BUFR_TABLES, or if this is not set: will use
                                DEFAULT_TABLE_PATH hard coded in source code.

          --help                Display Usage and explain the options. Almost
                                the same as consulting perldoc bufrencode.pl

   Required options
       --metadata <metadata file>

       For the metadata file, use this as a prototype and change the values as
       desired:

         BUFR_EDITION  4
         MASTER_TABLE  0
         CENTRE  88
         SUBCENTRE  0
         UPDATE_SEQUENCE_NUMBER  0
         OPTIONAL_SECTION  0
         DATA_CATEGORY  0
         INT_DATA_SUBCATEGORY  2
         LOC_DATA_SUBCATEGORY  255
         MASTER_TABLE_VERSION  14
         LOCAL_TABLE_VERSION  0
         YEAR  2008
         MONTH  9
         DAY  1
         HOUR  6
         MINUTE  0
         SECOND  0
         OBSERVED_DATA  1
         COMPRESSED_DATA  0
         DESCRIPTORS_UNEXPANDED  308004 012005 002002

       For BUFR edition < 4, replace the lines INT_DATA_SUBCATEGORY,
       LOC_DATA_SUBCATEGORY, YEAR and SECOND with new lines DATA_SUBCATEGORY
       and YEAR_OF_CENTURY (the order of lines doesn't matter).

       --data <data file>

       For the data file, use the same format as would result if you did run
       on the generated BUFR message

           bufrread.pl <bufr file> --data_only | cut -c -31

       or if you use bufrread.pl with "--width n", replace 31 with n+16.  For
       example, the file might begin with

            1  001195          Newport
            2  005002            51.55
            3  006002            -2.99
            4  004001             2008
       ...

       Every time a new line starting with the number 1 is met, a new subset
       will be generated in the BUFR message. Lines not starting with a number
       are ignored.

       For missing values, use 'missing' or stop the line after the BUFR
       descriptor.

       Associated values should use BUFR descriptor 999999, and operator
       descriptors 22[2345]000 and 23[2567]000 should not have a value,
       neither should this line be numbered, e.g.

          160  011002          missing
               222000
          161  031002              160
          162  031031                0
       ...

       To encode a NIL subset, all delayed replication factors should be
       nonzero, and all other values set to missing except for the descriptors
       defining the station.

       Options may be abbreviated, e.g. "--h" or "-h" for "--help"


AUTHOR

       Paal Sannes <pal.sannes@met.no>


COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2010 met.no


POD ERRORS

       Hey! The above document had some coding errors, which are explained
       below:

       Around line 301:
           Non-ASCII character seen before =encoding in 'Paal'. Assuming
           ISO8859-1

perl v5.20.2                      2015-08-31                     BUFRENCODE(1)

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