minchistory

display the history of processing steps applied to a MINC file

minchistory <file.mnc>

DESCRIPTION

minchistory is a Perl script that displays the processing history stored in a MINC file’s :history global attribute. Each time a MINC tool processes a file, it appends a timestamped record of the command that was executed to the :history attribute. This provides a complete audit trail of all transformations and processing steps applied to the data.

The history is printed to standard output, with each processing step on a separate line showing the date, time, and full command line used.

This tool is useful for understanding the provenance of a MINC file, debugging processing pipelines, and documenting the exact sequence of operations applied to a dataset.

OPTIONS

minchistory does not accept option flags. The single argument is the MINC file to query.

<file.mnc>
The MINC file whose processing history will be displayed.

EXAMPLES

Display the processing history of a MINC file:

minchistory processed_brain.mnc

Save the history to a text file:

minchistory processed_brain.mnc > processing_log.txt

AUTHOR

Andrew Janke - McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University.

COPYRIGHTS

Copyright © 2000 by Andrew Janke

SEE ALSO

mincinfo mincheader