---
name: "xgfupdate"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xgridfit"
version: "2.3-7"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xgfupdate"
---

# xgfupdate(1)

updates an Xgridfit program file to the latest version.

## NAME

**xgfupdate** - updates an Xgridfit program file to the latest version.

## SYNOPSIS

**xgfupdate** *file*

## DESCRIPTION

**Xgfupdate** is a utility that updates an Xgridfit program file so that it validates against the current xgridfit.rnc schema. **Xgfupdate** outputs the updated file to stdout. To capture the output in a file, use this syntax:

     $xgfupdate \[options\] infile \> outfile

## OPTIONS

- \-h

  Display a help message and exit.

- \-v 1\|2

  Choose a mode in which to run Xgfupdate. "1" updates an Xgridfit program so that it will validate against the 2.0 schema. "2" updates an Xgridfit program from version 1.x or 2.0 to version 2.1 by adding the Xgridfit namespace; it also revises XInclude elements to be aware of the Xgridfit namespace.

## FILES

- */usr/share/xml/xgridfit/util/xgf-update.xsl*

  */usr/share/xml/xgridfit/util/xgf-add-namespace.xsl* XSLT scripts that do the updating.

- */usr/share/xml/xgridfit/util/add-blanks.sed*

  A Sed script that does some formatting of the output.

## SEE ALSO

[**xgridfit**(1)](/xgridfit/1.md).

## AUTHOR

**Xgfupdate** was written by Peter Baker \<psb6m@virginia.edu\>.

This manual page was written by Peter Baker