*flags question

[Olly Betts]

On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 12:45:11PM -0400, Richard Knapp wrote:
> I have used the *flags directive in a one line data format but not in
> a two line before. I tried a few times and the processor complained as
> it thought it was seeing a station name.
> 
> First way I tried was:
> 
> SL4
> 	13.5	272.0	23.0	91.0	-22.0
> *flags duplicate
> SL5
> 	26.4	159.0	-2.0	338.0	3.0
> DS34
> *flags not duplicate

The documentation doesn't make this clear, but actually a "*" command
is treated as ending the traverse (like a blank line), so you need to
put the command after the station name, then repeat the station name
again after the command to start another traverse to continue the
survey, like so:

SL4
	13.5	272.0	23.0	91.0	-22.0
SL5
*flags duplicate
SL5
	26.4	159.0	-2.0	338.0	3.0
DS34
*flags not duplicate

If the traverse continues, you'd need "DS34" again before the next set
of readings.

I'll improve the manual.

Cheers,
    Olly