Graphics: RIP - Running RIP

Each execution of RIP requires three basic things: a RIP executable, a model data set and a user input file (UIF). The syntax for the executable, rip, is as follows:

rip [-f] model-data-set-name  rip-execution-name

In the above, model-data-set-name is the same model-data-set-name that was used in creating the RIP data set with the program ripdp.

rip-execution-name is the unique name for this RIP execution, and it also defines the name of the UIF that RIP will look for.

The –f option causes the standard output (i.e., the textual print out) from RIP to be written to a file called rip-execution-name.out.
Without the –f option, the standard output is sent to the screen.

e.g. rip -f RIPDP/arw rip_sample

If this is successful, the following files will be created:

rip_sample.TYPE - metacode file with requested plots
rip_sample.out  - log file (if –f was used) ; view this file if a problem occurred
 

The default output TYPE is ‘cgm’, metacode file. To view these, use the command ‘idt’.

e.g. idt rip_sample.cgm

For high quality images, create pdf or ps images directly (ncarg_type = pdf / ps).

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