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, try

      dat2gmt c2104.gmt < c2104_fixed.ascii


SEE ALSO

      gmt2dat, gmt


REFERENCES

      Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1999, The Generic Mapping Tools (GMT)
      version 3.2 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
      Mapping Tools Released, EOS Trans., AGU, 76 (33), p. 329.
      Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1995, New Version of the Generic
      Mapping Tools Released, http://www.agu.org/eos_elec/95154e.html,
      Copyright 1995 by the American Geophysical Union.
      Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1991, Free Software Helps Map and
      Display Data, EOS Trans., AGU, 72 (41), p. 441.






















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