automating variograms

[Yetta Jager <zij@ornl.gov>]

Gstat users,

Does anyone know of a way to get Gstat to estimate variogram parameters for
a list of variables in one fell swoop (i.e. without the interface) and give
a command file or other electronic output with parameter estimates?  We are
using a categorical variable that may have many values and its rather slow
to check the plot for each one.  We have a very high density of points, so
fits are typically extraordinary.  I haven't succeeded with running gstat
for variogram modeling inside a UNIX script or in batch mode, but it may be
my ignorance.  

Also, any interest in adding an option to constrain parameters to be
positive during weighted least squares?

Thanks,

Yetta
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Yetta Jager                                             
Environmental Sciences Division   
Oak Ridge National Laboratory         
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