stiltRunner<-"/project/tss/adesai" # whose directory is STILT being run in?
  stiltDir<-paste(stiltRunner,"/stilt",sep="")
  rData<-paste(stiltDir,"/Rsc/.RData",sep="")
  rDataFltPlan<-paste(stiltDir,"/Fltplan/Rsc/.RData",sep="")
  attach(rData,warn.conflicts=FALSE) #functions needed for flight planning 
  attach(rDataFltPlan,warn.conflicts=FALSE) #functions needed for flight planning 
  fdat <- scan("fconv.txt",what=character(0))
  inpath<-fdat[1]
  outpath<-fdat[2]
  infile<-fdat[3]
  outfile<-fdat[4]
  cnames <- c("time","index","lat","lon","agl","grdht","foot","temp0","swrad","zi","dens","dmass")
  fcdat<-NULL
  dat <- matrix(scan(paste(inpath,infile,sep=""),skip=1,quiet=T),byrow=T,ncol=12)
  fcdat<-rbind(fcdat,dat)
  dimnames(fcdat)<-list(NULL,cnames)
  assignr(xname=outfile,value=fcdat,path=outpath,printTF=T)
#plot the graph to PNG file, save in inpath as infile2(.png)