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20020102: updating radar scripts for gdr

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  • Subject: 20020102: updating radar scripts for gdr
  • Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 13:48:16 -0700
Neil,

gdr isn't one of our programs. I believe you are referring to
John N-G's driver that was created at TAMU to create gifs without 
an X server.

GEMPAK 5.6 does provide a "gif" driver which can generate
gifs without the use of an X server. The "gf" driver does require 
an xterm. So, you should be able to use DEVICE=gif|filename
as a replacement.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support



>From: "Neil R. Smith" <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200201022025.g02KPlN12060

>Hi. Happy New Year!
>
>Our Gempak guru is out of town so I can't ask him about this.
>I'm trying to port our old radar gif generating scripts to our new
>config.
>
>Old config was:
>SGI, Gempak 5.4, WSI raw radar files.
>
>New config:
>RH linux, Gempak 5.6, IDD raw radar files.
>
>Current problem:
>The old script sets DEVICE  using 'gdr'. I'm not familiar with
>this package, tho I see it installed and built in our old Gempak
>install tree. What would be the current replacement for the old
>gdr, if such exists?
>Thanks, -Neil
>-- 
>Neil R. Smith, Comp. Sys. Mngr.                address@hidden
>Dept. Atmospheric Sci., Texas A&M Univ.        979/845-6272 FAX:979/862-4466
>