[pilot-db-list] Help with new pilot-db utilities

[Larry W. V. <lv...@ca...>]

With the previous release of pilot-db utilities, pdb2csv took these
arguments:

usage: pdb2csv.prev [options] PDB_FILE CSV_FILE INFO_FILE
  -e, --extended     Output records using extended CSV mode
  -h, --help         Display this help screen
  -v, --version      Display program version
  -m, --mobiledb     Force PDB to be read in MobileDB-format.
  -d, --db           Force PDB to be read in DB-format.
  -n FILE
      --errors=FILE  Send all error messages to FILE

The latest version says this:

usage: pdb2csv [options] PDB_FILE CSV_FILE INFO_FILE
  -e, --extended               Use extended CSV mode.
  -s SEP, --separator=SEP      Change the default field separator. (Default: ",")
  -h, --help                   Display this help screen.
  -v, --version                Display the program version.
  -n FILE, --errors=FILE       Send all error messages to FILE.
  -d FORMAT, --date=FORMAT     Change the output format for date fields.
  -t FORMAT, --time=FORMAT     Change the output format for time fields.
  -D FORMAT, --datetime=FORMAT Change the output format for datetime fields.



1. The fact that -d used to mean one thing, and now means another, is 
really unfortunate, as it leaves user scripts doing things not intended.

2. The fact that -d is used by csv2pdb to indicate the type of pdb
to generate, and by pdb2csv to mean something else is unfortunately,l
inconsistency tends to result in user error.

3. Question - how DO I indicate what type of pdb is being read?
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