Common Parameters to MIDAS Utilities

Each of the MIDAS utilities define a number of input parameters. The following parameters are common to many :

[-h <hostname> ]

Specifies the MIDAS host to connect to when connecting to an experiment running on a remote host. "hostname" must be a valid IP host name. This option supersedes the default hostname given by the environment variable MIDAS_SERVER_HOST , if defined. Note that the mserver utility must be running on the remote host in this case. If the experiment is running on the local host, this argument need not be supplied.

[-e <exptname> ]

Specifies the MIDAS experiment to connect to (where multiple experiments are defined on the MIDAS host (see exptab). This option supersedes the default experiment name given by the environment variable MIDAS_EXPT_NAME , if defined. If multiple experiments are defined, unless MIDAS_EXPT_NAME is defined or this argument is supplied, the application will request the experiment name.

Note:

If the environment variable MIDAS_DIR (i.e. single default experiment) is defined, the arguments -e and -h and environment variables MIDAS_SERVER_HOST and MIDAS_EXPT_NAME will be superseded.