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==SECTIONFILE==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A section file is a file which is formatted like the (old) windows ini-files. It may contain one or more sections. Each sections starts with a header &amp;quot;[sectiontype {sectionname}]&amp;quot; and contains a list of text lines. In earlier S_TOOLS-STx versions (&amp;lt; 3.0) this format was used for data management (metadata, sources, ...).&lt;br /&gt;
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=====Usage:=====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;SECTIONFILE &amp;lt;var&amp;gt;file&amp;lt;/var&amp;gt; ; &amp;lt;var&amp;gt;cmd&amp;lt;/var&amp;gt; &amp;lt;var&amp;gt;table&amp;lt;/var&amp;gt; [ &amp;lt;var&amp;gt;cmdArgs&amp;lt;/var&amp;gt; ]&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=====Parameters:=====&lt;br /&gt;
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;&amp;lt;var&amp;gt;file&amp;lt;/var&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:The name of the section file.&lt;br /&gt;
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;&amp;lt;var&amp;gt;cmd&amp;lt;/var&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:One of the following commands:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;LIST&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;LOAD&lt;br /&gt;
SAVE&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
;&amp;lt;var&amp;gt;table&amp;lt;/var&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:The id of the target table for section list or * for new table.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
;&amp;lt;var&amp;gt;cmdArgs&amp;lt;/var&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:See the specific command for details.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Result:=====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
See the specific command for details.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==LIST==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Stores all matching sections in the table. For each section an entry containing &amp;#039;type name {rest-of-header-line}&amp;#039; is created.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Usage:=====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;SECTIONFILE &amp;lt;var&amp;gt;file&amp;lt;/var&amp;gt; ; LIST &amp;lt;var&amp;gt;table&amp;lt;/var&amp;gt; [ &amp;lt;var&amp;gt;type&amp;lt;/var&amp;gt; &amp;lt;var&amp;gt;name&amp;lt;/var&amp;gt; ]&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Parameters:=====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
;&amp;lt;var&amp;gt;type, name&amp;lt;/var&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:The type and name of sections to be listed. These arguments are optional.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Result:=====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The table containing section headers or empty string for error.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==LOAD==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Loads the data of the specified section. For each data line one table entry is created. The header is not included in the table.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Usage:=====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;SECTIONFILE &amp;lt;var&amp;gt;file&amp;lt;/var&amp;gt; ; LOAD &amp;lt;var&amp;gt;table&amp;lt;/var&amp;gt; &amp;lt;var&amp;gt;type&amp;lt;/var&amp;gt; [ &amp;lt;var&amp;gt;name&amp;lt;/var&amp;gt; ]&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Parameters:=====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
;&amp;lt;var&amp;gt;type&amp;lt;/var&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:The type of section file to be loaded.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
;&amp;lt;var&amp;gt;name&amp;lt;/var&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:The name of the section to be loaded. This is optional.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Result:=====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The id of the table containing section data or empty string for error.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==SAVE==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Stores the data in the specified section. If no or an empty table is specified the section is deleted.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Usage:=====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;SECTIONFILE &amp;lt;var&amp;gt;file&amp;lt;/var&amp;gt; ; SAVE &amp;lt;var&amp;gt;table&amp;lt;/var&amp;gt; &amp;lt;var&amp;gt;type&amp;lt;/var&amp;gt; [ &amp;lt;var&amp;gt;name&amp;lt;/var&amp;gt; ]&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Parameters:=====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
;&amp;lt;var&amp;gt;type&amp;lt;/var&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:The type of section file to be loaded.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
;&amp;lt;var&amp;gt;name&amp;lt;/var&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:The name of the section to be loaded. This is optional.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Result:=====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The id of the table containing section data or empty string for error.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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