<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 2008 (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>Start-up</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Start-up"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="gnuplot"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="LaTeX2HTML v2008"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Style-Type" CONTENT="text/css"> <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="gnuplot.css"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node47.html"> <LINK REL="previous" HREF="node45.html"> <LINK REL="up" HREF="node2.html"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node47.html"> </HEAD> <BODY > <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html1392" HREF="node47.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1386" HREF="node2.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1380" HREF="node45.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1388" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="contents.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1390" HREF="node467.html"> <IMG WIDTH="43" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="index" SRC="index.png"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1393" HREF="node47.html">String constants and string</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1387" HREF="node2.html">Gnuplot</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1381" HREF="node45.html">Plotting</A> <B> <A NAME="tex2html1389" HREF="node1.html">Contents</A></B> <B> <A NAME="tex2html1391" HREF="node467.html">Index</A></B> <BR> <BR> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H1><A NAME="SECTION020190000000000000000"></A> <A NAME="startup"></A><A NAME="1295"></A> <A NAME="start"></A><A NAME="1297"></A> <A NAME=".gnuplot"></A><A NAME="1299"></A> <A NAME="start-up"></A> <BR> Start-up </H1> When <B>gnuplot</B> is run, it looks for an initialization file to load. This file is called <B>.gnuplot</B> on Unix and AmigaOS systems, and <B>GNUPLOT.INI</B> on other systems. If this file is not found in the current directory, the program will look for it in the HOME directory (under AmigaOS, MS-DOS, Windows and OS/2, the environment variable <B>GNUPLOT</B> should contain the name of this directory; on Windows NT, it will use <B>USERPROFILE</B> if GNUPLOT isn't defined). Note: if NOCWDRC is defined during the installation, <B>gnuplot</B> will not read from the current directory. <P> If the initialization file is found, <B>gnuplot</B> executes the commands in it. These may be any legal <B>gnuplot</B> commands, but typically they are limited to setting the terminal and defining frequently-used functions or variables. <BR><HR> <ADDRESS> 2010-08-17 </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>
