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====             PostgreSQL import scripts                   ====
====               for Catalogue of Life                     ====
====           Darwin Core Archive Downloads                 ====
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Author: Ayco Holleman
Copyright: ETI BioInformatics
Developed in: i4Life project Work Package 4
Version 1.0, 2012



Synopsis
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The import_unix script will help you import files generated by
the Darwin Core Archive (DWC-A) download service into PostgreSQL.
create.sql and import.sql are helper scripts, used by import_unix.




Usage
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$ import_unix -u user -d database [-h host] [-p password] [-e exportdir] [-x prefix] [-n]

Or, more verbose:

$ import_unix -user user -database database [-host host] [-password password] [-exportdir exportdir] [-prefix prefix] [-nocreate]

Command line arguments:

	-u | -user		The PostgreSQL database user
	-d | -database	The PostgreSQL database into which to import the data
	-h | -host		The PostgreSQL server host (default: localhost)
	-p | -password	The PostgreSQL password (default: none)
	-e | -exportdir	The directory containing the DCA export files (default: present
					working directory)
	-x | -prefix	The table prefix to be used when creating and loading the
					tables (default: none). If you want to import the DCA data
					into a pre-existent database, you might want to specify a 
					table prefix
	-n | -nocreate	Skip table creation (only load data)
					


N.B. you MUST run import_unix from within the directory that contains it. In other
words, you must first change directory to import-scripts/postgres.



