[gradsusr] Is there a way to run GrADS with the -m argument in batch mode?

[Jennifer M Adams]

Hi, Bob —
This mixed bag of syntax options works for me:

#!/bin/sh
buffsz=200000
script='font.gs 3'
args='-lm '$buffsz
/usr/local/grads/bin/grads $args -c "$script"

Mark’s comment that you should be careful not to allocate more memory than is available on your system is valid. If you are using version 2.1 then the -m option is not needed — GrADS will automatically allocate memory as needed to store the metabuffer for your graphic.
—Jennifer


On May 10, 2016, at 1:44 PM, Bob Kuligowski - NOAA Federal <bob.kuligowski at noaa.gov<mailto:bob.kuligowski at noaa.gov>> wrote:


All,

    I'd like to make images of some larger datasets so I need to use e.g., grads -m 20000 to expand the buffer.  However, when I try to use that particular argument in a shell script (instead of from the command line) the 20000000 trips it up; I've tried a bunch of combinations and nothing seems to work.  Is there another way to expand the buffer when running in batch mode?  Thanks!

Cheers,

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