spstoa.1

speech signal process tools

.\" @(#)spstoa.1	1.5 5/5/86 EPI
.TH SPSTOA 1\-SPS 5/5/86
.ds ]W "\fI\s+4\ze\h'0.05'e\s-4\v'-0.4m'\fP\(*p\v'0.4m'\ Entropic Processing, Inc.
.SH NAME
spstoa \- convert SPS file to machine-independent format
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B spstoa
[
.I infile
] [
.I outfile
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
.I Spstoa
converts an SPS file to a machine-independent, ASCII format. The output can
then be moved to a different type of computer (with different representation
for integers and floating values) and converted back into an SPS file with the
.I atosps
program.
.PP
If the first argument is missing or is "\-",
.I spstoa
will read from the standard input.
If the second argument is missing or is "\-",
it will write to the standard output.
Integer and character values are represented exactly in the output; float
values retain seven significant digits; double precision values retain 15
significant digits.
.SH SPS PARAMETERS
.PP
This program does not access the parameter file.
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
.PP
.I Spstoa
informs the user and quits if the input file does not exist or is not an SPS
file.
.SH BUGS
.PP
None known.
.SH AUTHOR
.PP
Joe Buck, Alan Parke