Turns the verbosity mode off. The programs in the suite print out messages while running. This option turns off those messages. This is useful for batch files. Skips the interactive screen for setting options.
All programs start up with a menu that allows setting of options.
This turns the menu off. It is also very useful for batch files. The programs will read the default parameters from a file specified with this option. If a file called qtlcart.rc is in the current working directory, it will be opened by default and all parameter values read. If no such file exists, then default parameter values will be assumed, and the file will be created.