2.39                      *******************
                                  * MKPOST WRITE-UP *
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           MKPOST is a command to convert generic plot files created by
        CTOUR to PostScript. It accepts one or more command line arguments,
        which must be names of generic plot files. For each file, a new
        PostScript version with extension ".pst" is created. The command
        supports filename expansion options such as use of wildcards. Thus
        the command

                                 mkpost *.plt

        will convert all generic plot files to PostScript, while using     

                                 mkpost plt001.plt

        will convert only one file, creating the PostScript version
        plt001.pst. The PostScript files can then be examined with a
        previewer such as psview or xpsview, or printed on a PostScript
        printer. MKPOST is actually just a shell script (UNIX) or command
        procedure (VMS) to enable file name expansion. It simply creates a
        list of filenames and pipes the list to program POSTPLOT, which
        actually does the conversions. The program POSTPLOT will 
        automatically scale the plot so it will fit on standard A4 paper.
        When doing this scaling, it may also rotate the plot by 90 degrees
        to minimize any required shrinkage. If one insists on an orientation  
        which is inconsistant with this rotation, then the plot size
        requested in CTOUR must be reduced to the point where no shrinkage
        is needed at all. Also, note that on UNIX systems a new shell is 
        spawned, and it is important that the original working directory be
        maintained or else one will encounter failures with "file not found"
        type messages. This can happen if one has change directory commands
        "cd" in their .cshrc or .login files. In that case, upon spawning
        the new shell the working directory is changed and the plot files
        originally present will not be found. 


                                   ***** FILES ***** 


        INPUT FILES  - Generic plot files produced by CTOUR

        OUTPUT FILES - PostScript versions of the input files