NAME
ptrepack - Copy any PyTables Leaf, Group or complete subtree into
another file.
SYNOPSIS
ptrepack -h -v -o -R start,stop,step --non-recursive --dest-title=title
--dont-copyuser-attrs --overwrite-nodes --complevel=(0-9) --complib=lib
--shuffle=(0|1) --fletcher32=(0|1) --keep-source-filters
--upgrade-flavors --dont-regenerate-old-indexes sourcefile:sourcegroup
destfile:destgroup
DESCRIPTION
Copy any Leaf, Group or complete subtree from a PyTables file into
another file.
OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below.
-h Prints a help text.
-v Show more information.
-o Overwite destination file.
-R RANGE
Select a RANGE of rows in the form start,stop,step during the
copy of all the leaves.
--non-recursive
Do not do a recursive copy. Default is to do it.
--dest-title=title
Title for the new file (if not specified, the source is copied).
--dont-copy-userattrs
Do not copy the user attrs (default is to do it).
--overwrite-nodes
Overwrite destination nodes if they exist. Default is not to
overwrite them.
--complevel=(0-9)
Set a compression level (0 for no compression, which is the
default).
--complib=lib
Set the compression library to be used during the copy. lib can
be set to "zlib", "lzo", "ucl" or "bzip2". Defaults to "zlib".
--shuffle=(0|1)
Activate or not the shuffling filter (default is active if
complevel>0).
--fletcher32=(0|1)
Whether to activate or not the fletcher32 filter (not active by
default).
--keep-source-filters
Use the original filters in source files. The default is not
doing that if any of --complevel, --complib, --shuffle or
--fletcher32 option is specified.
--upgrade-flavors
When repacking PyTables 1.x files, the flavor of leaves will be
unset. With this, such a leaves will be serialized as objects
with the internal flavor ("numpy" for 2.x series).
--dont-regenerate-old-indexes
Disable regenerating old indexes. The default is to regenerate
old indexes as they are found.
SEE ALSO
ptdump(1).
These utilities are documented fully by PyTables users manual.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Francesc Altet <faltet@carabos.com>.
July 7, 2007