NAME

       dat2gmt - Convert an ASCII file to a binary gmt file

SYNOPSIS

       dat2gmt gmtfile

DESCRIPTION

       dat2gmt  reads  an  ASCII  version of a gmt file (made by gmt2dat) from
       standard input and creates a binary gmt file.

EXAMPLES

       To create a gmt file from the ASCII file c2104_fixed.ascii, run

       dat2gmt c2104.gmt < c2104_fixed.ascii

SEE ALSO

       gmt2dat(GMTMANSECTION), gmt(GMTMANSECTION)

REFERENCES

       Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 2004, The Generic Mapping  Tools  (GMT)
       version 4 Technical Reference & Cookbook, SOEST/NOAA.
       Wessel,  P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1998, New, Improved Version of Generic
       Mapping Tools Released, EOS Trans., AGU, 79 (47), p. 579.
       Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1995, New Version of the  Generic  Map-
       ping Tools Released, EOS Trans., AGU, 76 (33), p. 329.
       Wessel,  P.,  and W. H. F. Smith, 1995, New Version of the Generic Map-
       ping Tools Released, http: American Geophysical Union.
       Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1991, Free Software Helps Map and  Dis-
       play Data, EOS Trans., AGU, 72 (41), p. 441.



GMT4.0                            1 Oct 2004            DAT2GMT(GMTMANSECTION)