if u want to invoke the gnuplot with c then your code should be in this pattern.
FILE*gnuplot;
gnuplot= popen("E:\\gp442win32\\gnuplot\\binary\\gnuplot -persist","w");
fprintf(gnuplot,"plot 'output.DAT'\n");
fprintf(gnuplot,"set title 'Po(db) v/s step/(km)'\n");
fprintf(gnuplot,"set xlabel 'step(km)'\n");
fprintf(gnuplot,"set ylabel 'Po(db)'\n");
fflush(gnuplot);
close(gnuplot);