[gradsusr] Running GrADS Under Cron

[Jeff Duda]

Use the -b flag when starting Grads to force it to run in batch mode, which
causes it not to open the xterm window.

Jeff Duda

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Mark Hess <mhess at oceani.com> wrote:

> **
> Is there a way to run scripted functions in GrADS which don't require data
> to be displayed using cron?  My script (.gs file) runs fine, however it
> does not when started via cron - I imagine because GrADS needs an open
> xterm window from which it is launched.  Is there a way to work around this
> or set the DISPLAY so a GrADS script can be called via cron?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
>
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Jeff Duda
Graduate research assistant
University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
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