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6 NCAR Graphics environment variables
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9 What follows is an alphabetical list of all the NCAR Graphics environ‐
10 ment variables and what they mean.
11 NCARG_BIN, if set, indicates where the NCAR Graphics binaries are
13 installed. This environment variable takes precedence over NCARG_ROOT
14 and doesn't need to be set unless you want to override the default
15 ($NCARG_ROOT/bin).
16 NCARG_CONFIG, if set, indicates where the NCAR Graphics configuration
18 files are installed (these are needed by site installers only). This
19 environment variable takes precedence over NCARG_ROOT and doesn't need
20 to be set unless you want to override the default
21 ($NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/config).
22 NCARG_DATA, if set, indicates where the NCAR Graphics example data
24 files are installed. This environment variable takes precedence over
25 NCARG_ROOT and doesn't need to be set unless you want to override the
26 default ($NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/data).
27 NCARG_DATABASE, if set, indicates where the NCAR Graphics database
29 files are installed. This environment variable takes precedence over
30 NCARG_ROOT and doesn't need to be set unless you want to override the
31 default ($NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/database).
32 NCARG_DOC, if set, indicates where the NCAR Graphics PostScript docu‐
34 mentation is installed. This environment variable takes precedence
35 over NCARG_ROOT and doesn't need to be set unless you want to override
36 the default ($NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/doc).
37 NCARG_EXAMPLES, if set, indicates where some of the NCAR Graphics exam‐
39 ples are installed. This environment variable takes precedence over
40 NCARG_ROOT and doesn't need to be set unless you want to override the
41 default ($NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/examples).
42 NCARG_FONTCAP, if set, indicates the default NCAR Graphics fontcap to
44 be used.
45 NCARG_FONTCAPS, if set, indicates where the NCAR Graphics fontcaps are
47 installed. This environment variable takes precedence over NCARG_ROOT
48 and doesn't need to be set unless you want to override the default
49 ($NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/fontcaps).
50 NCARG_GKS_BUFSIZE provides you with control over how CGM output is
52 buffered.
53 NCARG_GKS_DEBUG, if set, will result in debugging information about the
55 GKS I/O subsystem being output to stdout.
56 NCARG_GKS_GENCGM allows you to request that the NCAR GKS package gener‐
58 ate binary encoded CGM rather than NCGM (the NCAR private encoding of
59 binary encoded CGM).
60 NCARG_GKS_OUTPUT allows you to specify what file or process CGM output
62 is directed to.
63 NCARG_GKS_PSOUTPUT allows you to specify what file any PostScript out‐
65 put from NCAR GKS is directed to (stdout is allowed).
66 NCARG_GKS_PDFOUTPUT allows you to specify what file any PDF output from
68 NCAR GKS is directed to (stdout is allowed).
69 NCARG_GRAPHCAP, if set, indicates the default NCAR Graphics graphcap to
71 be used.
72 NCARG_GRAPHCAPS, if set, indicates where the NCAR Graphics graphcaps
74 are installed. This environment variable takes precedence over
75 NCARG_ROOT and doesn't need to be set unless you want to override the
76 default ($NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/graphcaps).
77 NCARG_HLUEX, if set, indicates where the NCAR Graphics HLU examples are
79 installed. This environment variable takes precedence over NCARG_ROOT
80 and doesn't need to be set unless you want to override the default
81 ($NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/hluex).
82 NCARG_INCLUDE, if set, indicates where the NCAR Graphics include files
84 are installed. This environment variable takes precedence over
85 NCARG_ROOT and doesn't need to be set unless you want to override the
86 default ($NCARG_ROOT/include).
87 NCARG_LIB, if set, indicates where the NCAR Graphics libraries are
89 installed. This environment variable takes precedence over NCARG_ROOT
90 and doesn't need to be set unless you want to override the default
91 ($NCARG_ROOT/lib).
92 NCARG_MAN, if set, indicates where the NCAR Graphics man pages are
94 installed. This environment variable takes precedence over NCARG_ROOT
95 and doesn't need to be set unless you want to override the default
96 ($NCARG_ROOT/man).
97 NCARG_NCARG, if set, indicates where the NCAR Graphics examples, data‐
99 bases, resource files, etc. are installed. This environment variable
100 takes precedence over NCARG_ROOT and doesn't need to be set unless you
101 want to override the default ($NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg).
102 NCARG_NCLEX, if set, indicates where the NCAR Graphics NCL examples are
104 installed. This environment variable takes precedence over NCARG_ROOT
105 and doesn't need to be set unless you want to override the default
106 ($NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclex).
107 NCARG_NGURL, if set, indicates where the file that contains the URL to
109 the NCAR Graphics documentation is installed. This environment vari‐
110 able takes precedence over NCARG_ROOT and doesn't need to be set unless
111 you want to override the default ($NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/ngwww/ngurl).
112 NCARG_NGWWW, if set, indicates where the NCAR Graphics HTML documenta‐
114 tion is installed. This environment variable takes precedence over
115 NCARG_ROOT and doesn't need to be set unless you want to override the
116 default ($NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/ngwww).
117 NCARG_RESFILES, if set, indicates where the NCAR Graphics resource
119 files are installed. This environment variable takes precedence over
120 NCARG_ROOT and doesn't need to be set unless you want to override the
121 default ($NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/resfiles).
122 NCARG_ROOT, indicates the parent directory where all of the NCAR Graph‐
124 ics binaries, libraries, include files, man pages, examples, etc. are
125 installed. This environment variable must be set by anybody who wants
126 to run NCAR Graphics (or you can optionally set NCARG_LIB, NCARG_BIN,
127 and NCARG_INCLUDE).
128 NCARG_SYSRESFILE, if set, indicates where the NCAR Graphics system
130 resource file is installed. This environment variable takes precedence
131 over NCARG_ROOT and doesn't need to be set unless you want to override
132 the default ($NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/sysappres).
133 NCARG_TESTS, if set, indicates where the NCAR Graphics test examples
135 are installed. This environment variable takes precedence over
136 NCARG_ROOT and doesn't need to be set unless you want to override the
137 default ($NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/tests).
138 NCARG_TMP, if set, indicates where NCAR Graphics temporary files should
140 be written.
141 NCARG_TUTORIAL, if set, indicates where the NCAR Graphics tutorial
143 examples are installed. This environment variable takes precedence
144 over NCARG_ROOT and doesn't need to be set unless you want to override
145 the default ($NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/tutorial).
146 NCARG_USRRESFILE, if set, indicates where the NCAR Graphics user
148 resource file is installed. This environment variable doesn't need to
149 be set unless you want to override the default (~/.hluresfile).
150 NCARG_XAPP, if set, indicates where the NCAR Graphics X application
152 default files are installed. This environment variable takes prece‐
153 dence over NCARG_ROOT and doesn't need to be set unless you want to
154 override the default ($NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/xapp).
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