Re: 19990310: gempak: dchrly dumps core

On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Unidata Support wrote:
> 
> David,
> 
> The problem with the report is that SNOINCR is supposed to be followed
> by a group x/x which is inches/hour and amount on ground. KUIN did
> not include the group, so the decoder is jumping off into oblivion.
> I put a recompiled dchrly in /gbuddy/nawips-5.4/binary/linux
> which should solve your problems on linux.
> 
> The dchrly decoder uses NWS routines to parse the meter, and they
> don't check for NULL pointers in their code- presumably they always
> have perfect reports and never have to deal with what comes across
> FOS or NOAAport. As I find these glitches I accumulate them and will
> update the distribution.
> 
> 
> Steve Chiswell


Many thanks!  It works now.  The fast response is greatly appreciated.

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 David Wojtowicz, Research Programmer/Systems Manager
 Department of Atmospheric Sciences Computer Services
 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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