Opened 17 years ago

Last modified 15 years ago

#2066 closed defect

shp2img command line documentation (usage message) — at Initial Version

Reported by: jidanni@… Owned by: sdlime
Priority: high Milestone: 5.4 release
Component: Command Line Utilties Version: 4.10
Severity: normal Keywords:
Cc: sdlime

Description

Below, my comments have ">", and Warmerdam's reply doesn't.
I'm not sure if he implemented all my ideas.

> $ shp2img
> Say:
> Syntax: shp2img -m mapfile [-o image] [-e minx miny maxx maxy]
>                 [-l "layer1[ layer2]..."] [-i format]
> [Note I have changed all both lines]
> Else also no one will ever know how to add more than one layer and
> will try commas. Also -l NON_EXISTENT doesn't raise an error.
> Also besides just syntax, it should say Purpose: ... as there is no
> man page. Same for its sibling programs.
> Also add options to turn off layers.

I have updated the docs for -l.  I never would have guessed it works as it
does.  There is some sort of documentation for the utilities on the MapServer
plone site.

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