Re: Running jnl files from a Unix command line

[Brent A McDaniel <gte328r@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This topic comes up from time to time, usually on a linux system.  I can't 
remember the exact cause of the problem, something to do with the pager or 
something.  Anyway, the easy way to get around the problem is with the 
-server -batch options.  I've used this to run scripts that are 10 
thousand+ lines long.  So
ferret -batch -server < scriptname.jnl hopefully should fix the problem.


Hope this helps.

--Brent


On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Bruce or Jennifer Ford wrote:

> I'm having problems running SOME jnl files from the command line.
> 
> I have jnl files that run fine if I run them from within Ferret with a "go"
> command.
> 
> However, I run the very same jnl file with "ferret -gif < jnlfile.jnl" and
> Ferret seems to pick up running the script midway through the script and of
> course errors out.
> 
> It appears to have something to do with the script size (about 17 lines)
> because I ran smaller, very similar scripts of 8 lines and they work fine.
> 
> I've tried:
> 
>  - Putting in a -memsize switch which seems to have an effect on where in
> the script ferret starts interpretting.  The higher the memsize number, the
> later in the script it start running. No number let it run successfully
> though.
> 
>  - I tried bogusing in lines at the top of the script, but that too causes
> Ferret to start interpretting later in the script.
> 
> If there's something in the archives about this, I can't find it.
> 
> Any thoughts?  Ideas for a work-around?
> 
> Bruce
> 
> ------------------------
> Bruce W. Ford
> 

-- 
Brent A. McDaniel

Dept of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Ga.  USA