Re: Unusual behavior of 5.53 under RH

[Ansley Manke <ansley.b.manke@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Gary,
Another option with version 5.53 of Ferret is the new -script command-line
option for Ferret:

  > ferret  -script  scriptname.jnl

or if you prefer,

  > ferret -gif -script  scriptname.jnl

Here's some documentation on the -script startup option
http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/Documentation/Release_Notes/v553.html#script

Gary Strand wrote:

> I've got a standard script that I've used successfully for a long time with
> FERRET on various flavours of Solaris that fails with an odd error message 
> when I try to run it on an RH9 Linux box in 'ferret -gif < script.jnl' mode. 
> It runs fine interactively on the Linux box.
>
> Script:
> !
> set mode ignore_error
> set win/siz=1.5
> !
> ! Ocn plots
> !                $1   $2     $3                                    $4         $5  $6 - up
> !              field  SF     title                                 units      sbx file(s)
> go pcmd_ocn_1p volt    1     "Volume average temperature"          "C"       36   B0750a B0750b B0750c B0750d  
> go pcmd_ocn_1p vols    1     "Volume average salinity"             "ppt"     36   B0750a B0750b B0750c B0750d  
> go pcmd_ocn_1p sst     1     "Sea surface temperature"             "C"       36   B0750a B0750b B0750c B0750d  
> go pcmd_ocn_6p temp    1     "Volume average temperature"          "C"       36   B0750a B0750b B0750c B0750d  
> go pcmd_ocn_6p salt    1     "Volume average salinity"             "ppt"     36   B0750a B0750b B0750c B0750d  
> go pcmd_ocn_1p drake   1     "Drake Passage mass transport"        "Sv"      36   B0750a B0750b B0750c B0750d  
> go pcmd_ocn_1p mke     1     "Mean kinetic energy"                 "ergs"    36   B0750a B0750b B0750c B0750d  
> go pcmd_ocn_2p nino    1     "Nino3 and Nino4 SSTs"                "C"       36   B0750a B0750b B0750c B0750d  
> !
> !
> ! Ice plots
> !                $1   $2     $3                                    $4         $5  $6 - up
> !              field  SF     title                                 units      sbx file(s)
> go pcmd_ice_2p icea    1.e12  "Sea Ice Area"                       "10^6 km^2" 36 B0750a B0750b B0750c B0750d  
> go pcmd_ice_2p icev    1.e12  "Sea Ice Volume"                     "10^1^2 kg" 36 B0750a B0750b B0750c B0750d  
> go pcmd_ice_2p icet    1      "Sea Ice Mean Thickness"             m           36 B0750a B0750b B0750c B0750d  
> go pcmd_ice_2p snow    1.e12  "Snow Volume"                        "10^1^2 kg" 36 B0750a B0750b B0750c B0750d  
> !
> ! Surface temperatures
> !                $1   $2     $3                                    $4         $5  $6 - up
> !              field  SF     title                                 units      sbx file(s)
> go pcmd_srf_4p surft   1.0    "Surface temperatures"               "K"        36  B0750a B0750b B0750c B0750d  
> !
> quit
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Error:
>
> prompt>ferret -gif < script.jnl
>        NOAA/PMEL TMAP
>        FERRET v5.53  
>        Linux(g77) 2.4.20 - 10/16/03
>         6-Jan-04 15:43     
> yes?   "K"        36  B0750a B0750b B0750c B0750d  
> **ERROR: unknown command: K
> yes? !
> yes? quit
>
> Is there something about FERRET under Linux that contains oddities? Thanks!
> --
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