NAME

       gmt2bin - Create bin-index files from gmt files

SYNOPSIS

       gmt2bin listfile [ -Ppath ] [ -V ]

DESCRIPTION

       gmt2bin  reads  a file with a list of leg ids, opens each gmt file, and
       creates a bin-index file for each leg  called  <legid>.bix.  These  are
       used  by  binlegs to update the system files read by gmtlegs. Normally,
       only the data archivist will need to be  concerned  with  these  opera-
       tions.

       listfile
              This is a one column ASCII file with one leg id pr line.

OPTIONS

       -P     Sets  full  path to directory with gmtfiles. [Default is current
              directory].

       -V     Selects verbose mode, which will send progress reports to stderr
              [Default runs "silently"].

SEE ALSO

       binlegs(GMTMANSECTION), dat2gmt(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            GMT2BIN(GMTMANSECTION)