Product File Names

IRIS can handle a product with any file name up to 23 characters.

When IRIS creates a product file in its own product directory, it uses the following file name syntax.

The 2 digit year used is the year modulo 100. Since the product file names are never parsed to generate a full date, there is no need to ever reconstruct the correct century.

General Format	Example
SSSYYMMDDHHMMSS.PPPXXXX	SIG940620141921.TRAE090
Where:
SSS—Three letter site code from Setup	SIG—Abbreviation for SIGMET
YYMMDDHHMMSS—Data time	940620141921—14:19:21 20 June 1994
PPP—Three-letter product type	TRA—Track product
XXXX—Characters for uniqueness	E090

When IRIS copies files to other directories using the network product output, it must generate a file name that is unique in the target directory. For more information, see SETUP/OUTPUT in IRIS Utilities Manual.