v1.01 : New option (-p) to specify input parameter filename

[stellar_spectrum.git] / README.txt

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@@ -41,16 +41,23 @@ stellarspec_initparams.txt. The general usage pattern is:
 
   Options are:
     -h help
-    -g Generates a well documented default parameter file
-
-Once you have the default parameter file, you can edit it as per your needs
-and run the program without any arguments to generate the stellar spectrum.
 
-NOTE: This program requires the kurucz model datafiles to simulate stellar 
-spectrum. If you have installed it right, these files would be installed in 
+    -g Generates a well documented default parameter file
+       Once you have the default parameter file, you can edit it as per your
+       needs and run the program without any arguments to generate the stellar
+       spectrum.
+
+    -p <parameter_file>
+       Default parameter file is "stellarspec_initparams.txt". You can
+       override this using -p flag. For eg., if several instances of this
+       program are running in parallel from same directory, this flag can
+       be used to avoid conflicts around same parameter file name.
+
+NOTE: This program requires the kurucz model datafiles to simulate stellar
+spectrum. If you have installed it right, these files would be installed in
 <prefix>/share/cads/data/ and the default parameter file is aware of the
 location. These datafiles are also available in the subdirectory named
-"spectral_data" inside the source distribution as well. 
+"spectral_data" inside the source distribution as well.
 
 
 3. DOCUMENTATION