cavern
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cavern
process raw survey data
cavern
options
survex data file
Description
Cavern is the &survexsuite; data processing engine.
If multiple survey data files are listed on the command line,
they are processed in order from left to right. Settings are reset to
their defaults before processing each file.
Options
-p, --percentage
You can get cavern to display the percentage progress through the
current file. As of &survexsuite; 0.90 this is disabled by default, but you
can enable it if you want. Because the value given is for the
-o, --output=OUTPUT
Sets location for output files.
-q, --quiet
Only show a brief summary (--quiet --quiet or -qq will display
warnings and errors only).
-s, --no-auxiliary-files
do not create .err file.
-w, --warnings-are-errors
turn warnings into errors.
--log
Send screen output to a .log file.
Output
Cavern reads in text files containing the survey data
&svx;) and outputs two files, with the extensions
&x3d; and &err;.
By default these files are put in the current directory,
with the same base filename as the first &svx; file read,
but a different extension.
You can change the directory and/or base filename using the --output
command line option.
E.g. if you process the data file entrance.svx
with the command cavern entrance then the files
entrance.3d and entrance.err
will be created.
Cavern also gives a range of statistics at the end of a successful run:
The highest and lowest stations and the height difference
between them
The total length of the survey (before and after
adjustment). This total excludes survey legs flagged as SURFACE,
DUPLICATE, or SPLAY.
The number of stations and legs. Note that a *EQUATE
is counted as a leg in this statistic.
The East-West and North-South ranges, and the North-most,
South-most, East-most, and West-most stations.
The number of each size of node in the network (where size
is number of connections to a station) i.e. a one node is the end of a
dead-end traverse, a two-node is a typical station in the middle of a
traverse, a three-node is a T-junction etc.
How long the processing took and how much CPU time was
used.
&x3d; - data describing the loop-closed centre line
This file contains details of the stations and legs, and any
flags associated with them.
&err; - loop closure statistics (%age errors, etc)
This file contains statistics about each traverse in the survey
which is part of a loop. It includes various statistics for each
traverse, such as the percentage error per leg.
You should study this information to determine if any parts of the survey
are of lower quality or contain gross errors.
Error Messages
There are a number of error messages that you may get when processing
data. Most of these are self explanatory, and will be caused by such
problems as typing mistakes, or by your survey data not being attached
to fixed points (in this situation, &survexsuite; will
list some of the stations that are not connected).
Along with the error message, the filename and line number of the offending
line will be printed (or the filename for errors such as `file not
found'). The format of the filename and line number is that used by
gcc, so if your editor can parse errors from gcc, you should be able to
set it to allow you to jump to the file and line of each error.
Cavern will stop after more than 50 errors. This usually indicates
something like the incorrect data order being specified. Deluging
the user with error messages makes the actual problem less clear.