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-# Makefile for nexus_read_test.cpp
-# $Id$
-
-NEXUS_CLASS     = PNeXus
-NEXUS_CLASS_DIR = ../../external/nexus
-
-CXX      = g++
-CXXFLAGS = -g -Wall -fPIC
-INCLUDES = -I /opt/nexus/include -I $(NEXUS_CLASS_DIR)
-LD       = g++
-LDFLAGS  = -g
-
-LIBS     = -L /opt/nexus/lib -lNeXus
-LIBS    += -L /opt/hdf/lib -lhdf5
-
-EXEC = nexus_read_test
-
-all: $(EXEC)
-
-$(EXEC): $(NEXUS_CLASS).o $(EXEC).o 
-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(NEXUS_CLASS).o $(EXEC).o -o $(EXEC) $(LIBS)
-	
-$(EXEC).o: $(EXEC).cpp
-	$(CXX) -c $(INCLUDES) $(CXXFLAGS) $(EXEC).cpp
-	
-$(NEXUS_CLASS).o: $(NEXUS_CLASS_DIR)/$(NEXUS_CLASS).cpp	
-	$(CXX) -c $(INCLUDES) $(CXXFLAGS) $(NEXUS_CLASS_DIR)/$(NEXUS_CLASS).cpp
-	
-clean:
-	@rm -f *.o
-
-
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diff --git a/src/tests/nexus/nexus_read_test.cpp b/src/tests/nexus/nexus_read_test.cpp
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-/***************************************************************************
-
-  nexus_read_test.cpp
-
-  Author: Andreas Suter
-  e-mail: andreas.suter@psi.ch
-
-  $Id$
-
-***************************************************************************/
-
-/***************************************************************************
- *   Copyright (C) 2007-2026 by Andreas Suter                              *
- *   andreas.suter@psi.ch                                                  *
- *                                                                         *
- *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
- *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
- *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
- *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
- *                                                                         *
- *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
- *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
- *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
- *   GNU General Public License for more details.                          *
- *                                                                         *
- *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License     *
- *   along with this program; if not, write to the                         *
- *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,                                       *
- *   59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.             *
- ***************************************************************************/
-
-#include <cstdio>
-#include <cstdlib>
-#include <cstring>
-
-#include <iostream>
-#include <string>
-#include <vector>
-using namespace std;
-
-#include "PNeXus.h"
-
-//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-void nexus_read_test_syntax()
-{
-  cout << endl << ">>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------";
-  cout << endl << ">> usage: nexus_read_test <nexus-in-filename> [<nexus-out-filename> <nexus-write-format> <idf>]";
-  cout << endl << ">>        This will try to read a nexus-files <nexus-in-filename> and send the relevant";
-  cout << endl << ">>        information to the standard output.";
-  cout << endl << ">>        At the same time the read file is written back to <nexus-out-filename>, where";
-  cout << endl << ">>        the extension will be added based on the <nexus-write-format>.";
-  cout << endl << ">>        <nexus-write-format>: hdf4, hdf5, xml";
-  cout << endl << ">>        <idf>: 1 | 2";
-  cout << endl << ">>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------";
-  cout << endl << endl;
-}
-
-//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[])
-{  
-  if ((argc != 5) && (argc !=2)) {
-    nexus_read_test_syntax();
-    return -1;
-  }
-
-  PNeXus *nxs_file = new PNeXus(argv[1]);
-
-  if (nxs_file->IsValid(false)) {
-    nxs_file->Dump();
-
-    if (argc == 5) {
-      long int idf = strtol(argv[4], (char **)NULL, 10);
-      if ((idf != 1) && (idf != 2)) {
-        if (nxs_file)
-          delete nxs_file;
-        nexus_read_test_syntax();
-        return -1;
-      }
-
-      char filename[128];
-      if (strstr(argv[3], "hdf") || strstr(argv[3], "xml")) {
-        snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "%s.%s", argv[2], argv[3]);
-      } else {
-        cerr << endl << "**ERROR** unkown nexus write format found" << endl;
-        nexus_read_test_syntax();
-        return -1;
-      }
-
-      if (nxs_file->WriteFile(filename, argv[3], (unsigned int)idf) != NX_OK) {
-        cerr << endl << nxs_file->GetErrorMsg() << " (" << nxs_file->GetErrorCode() << ")" << endl << endl;
-      } else {
-        cout << endl << "file " << filename << " written successfully." << endl << endl;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (nxs_file)
-    delete nxs_file;
-
-  return 0;
-}