6.2. Binary

The Binary backend is a very simple backend that outputs the gridded data in a flat binary file for each band of data. Since it is writing binary data to a file and ignore any geolocation information it supports any grid.

author:David Hoese (davidh) organization:Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) copyright:Copyright (c) 2012-2015 University of Wisconsin SSEC. All rights reserved. date:Nov 2014 license:GNU GPLv3

6.2.1. Command Line Arguments

usage: p2g_glue <frontend> binary [-h]
                                  [--rescale-configs [RESCALE_CONFIGS [RESCALE_CONFIGS ...]]]
                                  [--output-pattern OUTPUT_PATTERN]
                                  [--dont-inc] [--dtype DATA_TYPE]

Options:

--rescale-configs
	alternative rescale configuration files
--output-pattern={satellite}_{instrument}_{product_name}_{begin_time}_{grid_name}.dat
	output filenaming pattern
--dont-inc=True
	do not increment data by one (ex. 0-254 -> 1-255 with 0 being fill)
--dtype	specify the data type for the backend to output