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On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Tom Baltzer wrote: > Hi Robb, > > >From your description of it, I'd LOVE to drive by your house today - but I > think I'll be better served by not doing so - rats! > > Tomorrow afternoon will be fine. In the meantime perhaps you have some > ideas regarding this error message from metar2nc: > > Mar 31 18:35:36 node0001 pqact[29662]: pbuf_flush (5) write: Broken pipe > Mar 31 18:35:36 node0001 pqact[29662]: pipe_dbufput: > decoders/metar2ncetc/metar.cdldata/pub/decoded/netcdf/surface0403 write > error > Mar 31 18:35:36 node0001 pqact[29662]: pipe_prodput: trying again Tom, THis is either the ldm doesn't have write premission or the disk is full. I would duplicate the pqact entry on the command line: ie. ~/decoders/metar2nc ~/etc/metar.cdl ~/data/pub/decoded/netcdf/surface 0403 < rawdatafile.wmo The should show the errors on the screen. Robb... > > And this error from ua2nc: > > Mar 29 22:46:30 node0001 pqact[6355]: pbuf_flush (5) write: Broken pipe > Mar 29 22:46:30 node0001 pqact[6355]: pipe_dbufput: > decoders/ua2ncetc/raob.cdldata/pub/decoded/netcdf/upperair0403 write error > Mar 29 22:46:30 node0001 pqact[6355]: pipe_prodput: trying again > > Thanks!! > Tom. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robb Kambic [mailto:address@hidden] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 11:30 AM > > To: Tom Baltzer > > Subject: Re: Decoder questions > > > > Tom, > > > > If you want to take a drive to my house today, that would be fine. I'm > > working at home today. How about tomorrow afternoon? > > > > RObb.. > > > > > > On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Tom Baltzer wrote: > > > > > Hi Robb, > > > > > > > > > > > > I've been working on a document explaining all the decoders to the LEAD > > team > > > as well as working on getting the decoders up and running on the LEAD > > Test > > > Bed. Do you have some time today that we can discuss decoders in > > general > > > and look into why some of them are not working on the LEAD Test bed? > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm scheduled for an AG meeting from noon to 1:30 on ESML (it probably > > won't > > > last that long), but am otherwise free today. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for your help, > > > Tom. > > > > > > > > > > > > Tom Baltzer > > > > > > Software Engineer > > > > > > UCAR Office of Programs > > > Unidata Program Center > > > P.O. Box 3000 > > > Boulder, CO 80307-3000 > > > > > > > > > > > > E-mail: address@hidden > > > > > > Phone: 303-497-8637 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ========================================================================== > > ===== > > Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center > > Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric > Research > > address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ > > ========================================================================== > > ===== > > =============================================================================== Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ ===============================================================================