# Earthworm Modules:
File2ring Overview

(last revised 30 May 2006)

Reads the contents of a single-message plain text file and places it in a specified Earthworm transport ring with the given message logo. Look at the earthworm.d and earthworm_global.d for message types you can send, and module names you can send the messages to.

Useful for feeding known messages to Earthworm modules for testing.

Author: Lynn Dietz

Usage: `file2ring <filename> <ring_name> <installation_id> <module_id> <message_type>`

Example: `file2ring test.arc HYPO_RING INST_MENLO MOD_EQPROC TYPE_HYP2000ARC`

Example 2:`file2ring reconfigure.txt WAVE_RING INST_CIT MOD_STARTSTOP TYPE_RECONFIG`

`In Example 2 contents of reconfigure.txt is the word "reconfigure"... This example sends "Startstop" the message to reconfigure, which is the same as typing 'recon' in the interactive startstop console window.`

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