ferret in batch mode on Redhat 6.2

[Roelof Burger <roelof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear ferreters,
i'm trying to run ferret from batch mode

i want to run a ferret go file out of linux - without any graphic display, only
hardcopy and returning to shell (not stay in ferret).

ferret -batch < pos.jnl

should do the trick, but i stay in ferret (which hangs and does not respond to
any input).

if i do and try to print the metafiles i get the following - with a blank page.

roelof@mst74 ~/ferret}Fprint metafile.plt
greadgksm()  162 No item is left in GKS Metafile input
GKSM item 3 is undefined
GKSM item 3 is undefined
greadgksm()  162 No item is left in GKS Metafile input
ro

its also not working to do the notation as:

which is what i actually want to do.

	    ferret_users@ferret.wrc.noaa.gov 
	    Subject: ferret -batch vs Fprint 
	    From: Peter Rayner <pjr@vortex.shm.monash.edu.au> 
	    Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 10:23:41 -1000 
	    Sender: owner-ferret_users 


the same problem refered to in the archive by Peter Rayner above - there was no
reply to this problem.

can anybody help? please
roelof

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