ms_splitsrcname - Split source names into the SEED naming nomenclature.
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Description
The ms_splitsrcname routine parses SEED channel naming components from a source name string in the
following format:
"NET_STA_LOC_CHAN[_QUAL]"
The first four components are required to uniquely identify a SEED channel, generally these are always
present in a srcname. The Quality code is normally optional in a source name.
The arguments for the first four components (net, sta, loc & chan) are treated as strings but the quality
code (qual) is treated as a pointer to a single character.
Memory for the requested component strings must already be allocated. If a component pointer is NULL it
will not be parsed from the string.
Source names in the expected format are created, for example, by the ms_recsrcname(3), msr_srcname(3)andmst_srcname(3)routines.Examples
This usage will result in net="IU", sta="ANMO", loc="00", chan="BHZ" and qual will remain unchanged
(because it was not contained in the input srcname):
ms_splitsrcname("IU_ANMO_00_BHZ", net, sta, loc, chan, qual);
This usage will limit the parsing to only the network and station components with net="IU", sta="ANMO":
ms_splitsrcname("IU_ANMO_00_BHZ", net, sta, NULL, NULL, NULL);
The following usage illustrates a blank location ID and included quality code:
ms_splitsrcname("IU_ANMO__BHZ_Q", net, sta, loc, chan, qual);
The result is:
net = "IU"
sta = "ANMO"
loc = ""
chan = "BHZ"
qual = 'Q'
Location Ids And Spaces
The source name should never include spaces. The fixed format nature of SEED data records leads to blank
or unused location IDs represented by spaces, in a source name such blank location IDs should be
collapsed to nothing in the resulting sources names. A blank location ID is parsed from a source name as
an empty string (not two spaces).
Name
ms_splitsrcname - Split source names into the SEED naming nomenclature.
Return Values
Return 0 on success and -1 on error.
See Also
ms_recsrcname(3), msr_srcname(3)andmst_srcname(3).
Synopsis
#include<libmseed.h>char*ms_splitsrcname(char*srcname,char*net,char*sta,char*loc,char*chan,char*qual);
