20010604: nmap query

>From: John Merrill <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200106041817.f54IHUp17276

>Hello,
>  In trying to get started with nmap2 I got further than expected. We are
>using gempak 5.6a, and I was able to use ntl to launch nmap. (I used nmap,
>not nmap2, inadvertently.) Loaded some metar data and tried "product
>generation," which I accomplished with very ham-handed results. I quit and
>went home. When next I tried this I go the message that "product
>generation is already in use or a pre-existing nmap error needs to be
>cleared."  There is no evidence that there is a process in use, and the
>clearing command, cleanvgf, is not found on our system or in the archive
>of gempak messages. Suggestions will be welcomed. I could not find a
>window other than the unix command window in which the ntl session was
>running in which to type. Perhaps there is a window as part of the nmap
>system which has escaped by glance...                      John
>
>
>John Merrill                                     Telephone:  401-874-6715
>Graduate School of Oceanography, URI             Fax:        401-874-6898
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>


John,

The $NAWIPS/bin/scripts/cleanvgf script is below:

[283]chiz on flip --> cat $NAWIPS/bin/scripts/cleanvgf
#!/bin/csh

#
# CLEANVGF
#
# This script removes the working VGF file from the current directory.
#
##
# Log:
# S. Jacobs/NCEP         4/98
#

rm -f .DEFAULT.vgf .UNDO.vgf



All it does is remove the 2 hidden files from your directory. You should
then be able to launch the product generation. The files allow
you to retrieve work in progress and undo the last action performed.
Usually they aren't a problem, but they can get corrupted- and
then have to be removed. 

The Gemenviron script does add the $NAWIPS/bin/scripts/ directory
to you path. If you set you path later after sourcing the Gemenviron
script, then you can add that directory as well.

I searched the 5.6.A tarfile to make sure that the
scripts directory is there:
gunzip -c ~gbuddy/nawips-5.6/gempak_upc5.6.a.tar.gz | tar tvf - bin/scripts
rwxr-sr-x 500/2000 dir           Nov  8 13:03 2000 bin/scripts/
rwxr-xr-- 500/2000          1518 Oct 17 15:02 2000 bin/scripts/cleanup
rwxr-xr-x 500/2000           165 Oct 18 11:11 2000 bin/scripts/cleanvgf
rwxr-xr-x 500/2000            57 Nov  8 13:02 2000 bin/scripts/find_nowrite
rwxr-xr-x 500/2000           554 Feb  8 11:09 1999 bin/scripts/get.csh
rwxr-xr-- 500/2000           520 Oct 18 11:09 2000 bin/scripts/killx
rwxr-xr-x 500/2000            36 Sep 23 10:40 1994 bin/scripts/rmnfs
rwxr-xr-x 500/2000           723 Jan  5 13:42 2001 bin/scripts/rmque
rwxr-xr-x 500/2000          2773 Sep 23 06:58 1994 bin/scripts/search
rwxr-xr-x 500/2000         10557 Jul 14 14:14 2000 bin/scripts/searcher
rwxr-xr-x 500/2000         10557 Oct 16 15:07 2000 bin/scripts/searcher_sol
rwxr-xr-x 500/2000           377 Dec  6 14:34 2000 bin/scripts/chmod_noread

If you are missing the script, then just clip out the above lines and
save to cleanvgf and set the appropriate executable modes.

Steve Chiswell