Files in RPN format (fst files)

Files in RPN format that can be downloaded from this site are in a proprietary binary format. The following tools are available so that you can easily read and use these files:

• description of RPN files (registration with an email address needed),
• executable used to convert a fst file in as many files as there are variables in the source file: fst2bin.zip for Linux, win_fst2bin.zip for Windows. The source file is also available (fst2bin.c), but to compile it, you need Linux, a Fortran compiler and the rmn library,
• C programme that reads the files written by fst2bin: read-bin-file.c,
• executable that converts a fst file in XML format: fst2xml.zip for Linux, win_fst2xml.zip for Windows,
• executable doing the opposite conversion: xml2fst.zip for Linux. This programme can read the data in XML format. By using the C source file (xml2fst.c), you can replace the calls to FSTECR by your own routine to write in your own format,
• executable with a function, "SimpleStats", that gives the basic statistics on each variable found in the XML file (min, max, mean value): xml2generic.zip for Linux. The C source file of this programme (xml2generic.c) can be used to convert the XML file in another format, by replacing this function by your own,
• the README file give some information on the use of these programs.