<!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>1.2.3 Output data</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="1.2.3 Output data"> <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="previous" HREF="node12.html"> <LINK REL="up" HREF="node10.html"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node14.html"> </HEAD> <BODY bgcolor="#ffffff"> <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html566" HREF="node14.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html560" HREF="node10.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html556" HREF="node12.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html562" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="contents.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html564" HREF="node63.html"> <IMG WIDTH="43" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="index" SRC="index.png"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html567" HREF="node14.html">1.3 The UNIX Environment:</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html561" HREF="node10.html">1.2 The GMT environment:</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html557" HREF="node12.html">1.2.2 Job Control</A> <B> <A NAME="tex2html563" HREF="node1.html">Contents</A></B> <B> <A NAME="tex2html565" HREF="node63.html">Index</A></B> <BR> <BR> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H2><A NAME="SECTION00323000000000000000"> 1.2.3 Output data</A> </H2> There are 6 general categories of output produced by <A NAME="tex2html79" HREF="http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu"><B>GMT</B></A>: <P> <OL> <LI><I>PostScript</I> plot commands. <P> </LI> <LI>Data Table(s). <P> </LI> <LI>Gridded data set(s). <P> </LI> <LI>Statistics & Summaries. <P> </LI> <LI>Warnings and Errors, written to <I>stderr</I>. <P> </LI> <LI>Exit status (0 means success, otherwise failure). <P> </LI> </OL> <P> Note: <A NAME="tex2html80" HREF="http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu"><B>GMT</B></A> automatically creates and updates a history of past <A NAME="tex2html81" HREF="http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu"><B>GMT</B></A> command options for the common switches. This history file is called <U>.gmtcommands</U> and one will be created in every directory from which <A NAME="tex2html82" HREF="http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu"><B>GMT</B></A> programs are executed. Many initial problems with <A NAME="tex2html83" HREF="http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu"><B>GMT</B></A> usage result from not fully appreciating the relationships shown in Figure <A HREF="node10.html#fig:GMT_Environment">1.1</A>. <P> <HR> <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html566" HREF="node14.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html560" HREF="node10.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html556" HREF="node12.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html562" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="contents.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html564" HREF="node63.html"> <IMG WIDTH="43" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="index" SRC="index.png"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html567" HREF="node14.html">1.3 The UNIX Environment:</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html561" HREF="node10.html">1.2 The GMT environment:</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html557" HREF="node12.html">1.2.2 Job Control</A> <B> <A NAME="tex2html563" HREF="node1.html">Contents</A></B> <B> <A NAME="tex2html565" HREF="node63.html">Index</A></B> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <ADDRESS> Paul Wessel 2010-01-14 </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>
