file_description (version 1.2)

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#! /usr/bin/ksh

###########################################################################
#
# 
# SYNTAX: file_description type
#
# DESCRIPTION: This utility gives a short phrase describing a given file type
#
# VERSION: 1.2
#
# HISTORY: 0.0 -> 1.0 8/19/96 
# HISTORY: teldef now refers to both SIS and GIS files
# HISTORY: Deleted individual GIS teldef file types (eg g2onflf).
# HISTORY: 8/23/96 
# HISTORY: Added scraps file type.
# HISTORY:
# HISTORY: 1.0 -> 1.1 9/11/96
# HISTORY: added totsky, corimg, expo, and totexpo
# HISTORY: 
# HISTORY: 1.1 -> 1.2 9/26/96
# HISTORY: now reads from $LISTS/file_classes instead of having a big 
# HISTORY: case statement
#
##############################################################################
#DEBUG=1

type="$1"

description=$(grep -v "^#" $LISTS/file_classes |grep "^${type} " | \
        awk -F"|" '{print $4}' )

if [ -z "$description" ]; then
     $UTIL/exception $0 1 "Unknown file type $type"
else
     echo $description
fi


exit 0