## 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)