Re: ferret in batch mode on Redhat 6.2

[Roelof Burger <roelof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi
rene suggested the following that worked:

> My shell script doit.sh looks like:
> 
> ferret -memsize 20 -unmapped <<EOF2
>   go something.jnl
>   exit
> EOF2

and
> doit.sh > doit.log & does a proper job in the background.

the something.jnl then has to have a 'set mode metafile'
thanx for the help rene
roelof


> 
> 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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