<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 2002-2-1 (1.71) original version by: Nikos Drakos, CBLU, University of Leeds * revised and updated by: Marcus Hennecke, Ross Moore, Herb Swan * with significant contributions from: Jens Lippmann, Marek Rouchal, Martin Wilck and others --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>1.2.2 Job Control</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="1.2.2 Job Control"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="GMT_Tutorial"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="LaTeX2HTML v2002-2-1"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Style-Type" CONTENT="text/css"> <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="GMT_Tutorial.css"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node13.html"> <LINK REL="previous" HREF="node11.html"> <LINK REL="up" HREF="node10.html"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node13.html"> </HEAD> <BODY bgcolor="#ffffff"> <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html554" HREF="node13.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html548" HREF="node10.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html542" HREF="node11.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html550" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="contents.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html552" HREF="node63.html"> <IMG WIDTH="43" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="index" SRC="index.png"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html555" HREF="node13.html">1.2.3 Output data</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html549" HREF="node10.html">1.2 The GMT environment:</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html543" HREF="node11.html">1.2.1 Input data</A> <B> <A NAME="tex2html551" HREF="node1.html">Contents</A></B> <B> <A NAME="tex2html553" HREF="node63.html">Index</A></B> <BR> <BR> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H2><A NAME="SECTION00322000000000000000"> 1.2.2 Job Control</A> </H2> <P> <A NAME="tex2html77" HREF="http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu"><B>GMT</B></A> programs may get operational parameters from several places: <P> <OL> <LI>Supplied command line options/switches or program defaults. <P> </LI> <LI>Short-hand notation to select previously used option arguments (stored in <U>.gmtcommands4</U>). <A NAME="1541"></A> <P> </LI> <LI>Implicitly using <A NAME="tex2html78" HREF="http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu"><B>GMT</B></A> defaults for a variety of parameters (stored in <U>.gmtdefaults4</U>). <P> </LI> <LI>May use hidden support data like coastlines or <I>PostScript</I> patterns. <P> </LI> </OL> <P> <HR> <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html554" HREF="node13.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html548" HREF="node10.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html542" HREF="node11.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html550" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="contents.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html552" HREF="node63.html"> <IMG WIDTH="43" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="index" SRC="index.png"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html555" HREF="node13.html">1.2.3 Output data</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html549" HREF="node10.html">1.2 The GMT environment:</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html543" HREF="node11.html">1.2.1 Input data</A> <B> <A NAME="tex2html551" HREF="node1.html">Contents</A></B> <B> <A NAME="tex2html553" HREF="node63.html">Index</A></B> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <ADDRESS> Paul Wessel 2010-07-14 </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>