DCS grading programs

glint

Glint checks grade files for errors in format and for some errors in content.

Usage

glint [selection options] [files]

Details

Glint reads its arguments, emitting the same error messages and warnings as do the other grading programs when they encounter errors. However, its error messages go to the standard output, not the error output, because the messages are the entire purpose of glint.

Then further checks are performed:

• The selected student records are checked for oddities such as excessive blanks in the name, or a student number that is the same as the number for another selected student record. These oddities are reported in student-number order.
• Glint recomputes the calculated grades -- as opposed to the raw grades, in the sense of the description of the file format. The new results are not entered in the file, but they are compared with the existing values and any discrepancies are reported.

It is probably a poor idea to use the selection options unless you are very sure that the omitted student records are of no further use, and even then the only good reason for omitting them is to avoid complaints about repeated student numbers.

If no files are specified, input comes from the standard input and output goes to the standard output.

Changes since the previous version

These are the noticeable changes:

• there is no -v ("very paranoid") option.
• the selection options are available.
• repeated student numbers are checked.