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* Another possibility, using [https://www.python.org/ Python] 3, is this [http://people.via.ecp.fr/~flo/python_dumping_ground/short_scripts/extract-navdata.py extract-navdata.py script], which can install the files from a directory or directly from a tarball. Run <tt>extract-navdata.py --help</tt> or <tt>python3 extract-navdata.py --help</tt> for instructions. You may need to use <tt>py -3</tt> instead of <tt>python3</tt> on Windows, cf. [https://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html Using Python on Windows]. | * Another possibility, using [https://www.python.org/ Python] 3, is this [http://people.via.ecp.fr/~flo/python_dumping_ground/short_scripts/extract-navdata.py extract-navdata.py script], which can install the files from a directory or directly from a tarball. Run <tt>extract-navdata.py --help</tt> or <tt>python3 extract-navdata.py --help</tt> for instructions. You may need to use <tt>py -3</tt> instead of <tt>python3</tt> on Windows, cf. [https://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html Using Python on Windows]. | ||
* You could also use a small bash-script to do the work for you. Bash is a shell, native on Linux, also exists on Macs. Copy the following code into a new file, name it "convert.sh". Put it into the lowest directory, where all the xml-files are stored. | * You could also use a small bash-script to do the work for you. Bash is a shell, native on Linux, also exists on Macs. Copy the following code into a new file, name it "convert.sh". Put it into the lowest directory, where all the xml-files are stored. | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash" enclose="div">#!/bin/bash | :<syntaxhighlight lang="bash" enclose="div">#!/bin/bash | ||
for file in *.xml | for file in *.xml | ||
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done | done | ||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
Now it's time to fire up a terminal and navigate to the files: | :Now it's time to fire up a terminal and navigate to the files: <code>cd /path/to/LevelD/package</code> To make the script executable type: <code>chmod +x convert.sh</code> Now you're ready to run the script! <code>./convert.sh</code> | ||
<code>cd /path/to/LevelD/package</code> | |||
To make the script executable type: | :When the script is done, you will find a new folder on your hard-disk: "/path/to/LevelD/Airports" which contains the files in our "I/C/A/ICAO.procedures.xml fashion". | ||
<code>chmod +x convert.sh</code> | |||
Now you're ready to run the script! | |||
<code>./convert.sh</code> | |||
When the script is done, you will find a new folder on your hard-disk: "/path/to/LevelD/Airports" which contains the files in our "I/C/A/ICAO.procedures.xml fashion". | |||
Next time you start FlightGear, you can load the routes through the route manager interface. | Next time you start FlightGear, you can load the routes through the route manager interface. |
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