File Meta Sink

Write stream to file with meta-data headers.

These files represent data as binary information in between meta-data headers. The headers contain information about the type of data and properties of the data in the next segment of samples. The information includes:
 * rx_rate (double): sample rate of data.
 * rx_time (uint64_t, double): time stamp of first sample in segment.
 * size (uint32_t): item size in bytes.
 * type (::gr_file_types as int32_t): data type.
 * cplx (bool): Is data complex?
 * strt (uint64_t): Starting byte of data in this segment.
 * bytes (uint64_t): Size in bytes of data in this segment.

Tags can be sent to the file to update the information, which will create a new header. Headers are found by searching from the first header (at position 0 in the file) and reading where the data segment starts plus the data segment size. Following will either be a new header or EOF.

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Parameters
(R): Run-time adjustable


 * File (R)
 * Name of file to write data to.


 * Sample Rate
 * Sample rate of data. If sample rate will be set by a tag, such as rx_tag from a UHD source, this is basically ignored.


 * Relative_rate
 * Rate chance from source of sample rate tag to sink.


 * Max Seg. size
 * Length of a single segment before the header is repeated (in items).


 * Extra dict.
 * A PMT dictionary of extra information. This field is required, and pre-filled as.


 * Detached header
 * Set to true to store the header info in a separate file (named filename.hdr)


 * Unbuffered (R)
 * If new samples are flushed to file at the end of each call to the work function

Example Flowgraph
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Source Files

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