- VmDAS data configurations You can run the following before starting to get configuration information. There are three steps, all run in matlab. This example is for LTA files, but it can be run on any VmDAS files. The os below refers to "ocean surveyor" (if you had a broadband, you would use bb instead). NO QUOTES on bb -- it is a class not a string. DO NOT name a variable bb, nb, or os (1) get a file list: filelist = dirs('/path_to_data/datadir/*ENS','fullfile',1); (2) get the configuration information into a structure: cc=get_configs(os,'filelist',filelist); (3) write it out: write_configs(cc);