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Using AFNI in Batch Mode
¥Batch mode programs are run by typing commands directly
to the computer, or by putting these
commands into text files (scripts) and later executing them
¥Advantages of batch mode (over graphical user
interface)
HCan process new datasets exactly the same way as
previous ones
HCan link together a series of programs to produce custom
results
HPrograms that take a long time to operate are easier to
Ôfire and forgetÕ from a script than if
they had a GUI
HItÕs easier to write a batch mode program
¥Disadvantages of batch mode
HRequires typing, rather than pointing-and-clicking
HRequires learning/remembering how a program works all at
once, rather than (re)discovering it through
a kinder gentler interface
HMany younger (born after 1970) researchers have
virtually no experience with a command line
interface, or anything like it
¥Many significant AFNI capabilities are only available in
batch mode programs
HThis is especially true of functions that combine data
from multiple datasets to produce new
datasets
