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[GEMPAK #JPY-269795]: Where to place gpend in scripts

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  • Subject: [GEMPAK #JPY-269795]: Where to place gpend in scripts
  • Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 10:30:14 -0600
Hi Frank,

gpend should be run from within the script as a standard executable program, 
meaning you want it *AFTER* the "EOF" block and not inside that block:

gdplot2 << EOF
 GDFILE  = ...
 GDATTIM = ...
 run

 exit
EOF

gpend


---



Michael James
Unidata Program Center
Boulder, CO


> I have been looking over a number of my scripts that create postscript
> files.  I have realized that my placement of the command "gpend" is a
> little all over the place at the end of my scripts.  What is the proper
> order?
> 
> run
> exit
> EOF
> gpend



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: JPY-269795
Department: Support GEMPAK
Priority: Normal
Status: Open
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