The Alias Batch File Translator is a command-line invocation of Alias that allows unattended data file translation. You can use this interface to Alias in a UNIX shell script to run multiple file translations unattended, perhaps in an overnight batch job. All file formats supported by Alias retrieve/save features are supported, with the exception of Filter.
The standalone utility Alias -B has been replaced by the application AliasBatch, which uses the OpenModel API. You will find that AliasBatch is more robust. For help, enter AliasBatch -h.
Alias -B is no longer supported.
| AliasBatch [-h] [-w -sdl -r1 -r2] [-o <optfile>] -s <savFile> RetFile... | |
| AliasBatch | Launches the Alias Batch Processor, reads in the RetFile, translates it according to settings in an options file, writes it out as SavFile, and exits. |
| -h | Displays help information. |
| -o[OptFile] | Loads the options file OptFile. (Its full path is required.) |
| -s[SavFile] | Writes output to SavFile. This option is compulsory. |
| -w | Overwrites the SavFile if it exists. |
-m | Forces merging of stages if more than one <infile> is retrieved. |
| -sdl | Sets the format to SDL; overrides the save format in the options file. |
| -r1 | Optimizes redundant pre-V5.0 trimmed surfaces by converting them to surfaces. |
| RetFile [infile] | Retrieves files at start up (WIRE, VDAFS, and so on). If more than one infiles are retrieved, the savfile will be a merged stage or stageSet. When the specified <savfile> is a WIRE file, a stageSet gets created by default. You can override this default behavior by using the -m option. |