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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/externalpackages/gshhg/install.sh	(revision 18901)
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -eu
+
+rm -rf gssh-gmt-2.3.3.tar.gz  src install
+
+#get gssh database from noaa's website:  http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/gshhs.html
+curl http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/data/gshhg/latest/gshhg-gmt-2.3.3.tar.gz > gssh-gmt-2.3.3.tar.gz
+
+#untar: 
+tar -zxvf gshhg-gmt-2.3.3.tar.gz 
+
+#move: 
+mv gshhg-gmt-2.3.3 install