README.xpl2gpl

Introduction:
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xpl2gpl is a utility that converters tcptrace-style xplot input to gnuplot input. 
This converter gives a nearly perfect gnuplot reproduction of the corresponding
xplot graph.

Installation:
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Simply copy the script file xpl2gpl to a system-wide area like /bin, /usr/bin,
/usr/local/bin or any other suitable location if you wish to make it available to
all users.
 
Usage:
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xpl2gpl [-s] <file_name[.xpl]>

This would produce files by the names "file_name.gpl", "file_name.datasets" and
"file_name.labels".
Load the file "file_name.gpl" in gnuplot and it should give you the plot. The 
contents of the other files are as follows:
"file_name.datasets" : contains all the plotting coordinates.
"file_name.labels    : contains all the labels of the plot.

"file_name.ps" is the postscript version of the plot that is created when the 
file "file_name.gpl" is loaded in gnuplot.


Options:
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-s : seperate files (for expert users)

If you wish to plot only some data from the xpl file, you may use the -s (seperate
files) option which generates a bunch of data-files filtered based on the color
and plotting style.

Look at the xplot version of the plot, and based upon the color and style, you may
alter the corresponding lines in the ".gpl" file, for whatever data you want to
alter in the plot.


On behalf of Dr. Shawn Ostermann,

Avinash Lakhiani 
Email: avinash.lakhiani@ohiou.edu
Ohio University.

Jun 18, 2001