GPS Manager User Manual -- The readput Command

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## The `readput` Command

The `readput` command reads information from a file and sends it to the receiver:

    readput FORMAT [IN-PARAMS] [IN-TYPES] PATH [OUT-TYPES]

where:

- `FORMAT [IN-PARAMS]` is the input file format and its parameters (if any); use `show formats` for a list of the currently accepted formats;
- `IN-TYPES` are the data types to read; the possible types depend on the format and some formats impose that there is a single data type per file; they may be absent if the format requires a unique data type or if the files can have items of different types; `all` can be used as an abbreviation of `WP RT TR`;
- `PATH` is the path to the file to read from, or, in the case of the `Shapefile` format, the path to the Shapefiles basename (file extensions will be discarded). If the `PATH` is `stdin` input will be from the standard input unless the format is the `Shapefile` format (in which case the command fails);
- `OUT-TYPES` are the data types to put; the possible types are `WP`, `RT` and `TR` and may be absent in which case they are taken to be `IN-TYPES` (this is valid only when the receiver has support for all of them; if `RT` occurs in `IN-TYPES` then `WP` can appear in `OUT-TYPES` but no other type "conversions" are allowed; `all` can be used as an abbreviation of `WP RT TR`.

As usual, putting information into the receiver can cause data stored in it to be overwritten.

This command only works with Garmin receivers.

Examples: the command

    readput gpsman data/myWPRTs WP RT

reads the data in the file `data/myWPRTs` in GPSMan format and uploads the waypoints and routes to the receiver, while the command

    readput Shapefile dim=3 pformat=UTM datum="WGS 84" TR shp/myTRs

reads the tracks in the Shapefiles with basename `myTRs` in the directory `shp`, with altitude information (3 dimensions) and using UTM coordinates for the WGS84 datum and uploads them to the receiver.

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