1NCARGRUN(1NCARG) NCAR GRAPHICS NCARGRUN(1NCARG)
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6 ncargrun - to run a user program and redirect the metafile output
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9 ncargrun program-name [-t] [-o metafile-name]
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12 ncargrun is a script that invokes "program-name", which uses the NCAR
13 GKS library, and applies the specified options.
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15 Prior to running your program, this script sets the environment vari‐
16 ables NCARG_GKS_OUTPUT, NCARG_GKS_PSOUTPUT, and NCARG_GKS_PDFOUTPUT to
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22 specifies the name of the output metafile or PostScript file. If file‐
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32 ncarg_gks(1NCARG), ncarg_env(5NCARG), ncargintro(5NCARG)
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38 This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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43 This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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