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The little endian GINI header is fixed in the 5.6.F version I will be announcing this week. The tarfile you downloaded was a little early. It just takes a while to get all the pieces out onto the download portal with all the typing, so the final tar files have not been made yet. Steve >From: "Robert Mullenax" <address@hidden> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata >Keywords: 200204142112.g3ELCqa28583 >Steve, > >Using rad_..instead of RAD works for SPARC, but not for x86. >No matter what I use on x86 I get: >Error writing header file: -4 > >I am using the Unidata Solaris x86 binary. > >Thanks, >Robert > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >Date: Mon April 08, 2002 11:26 AM >From: Unidata Support <address@hidden> >To: Robert Mullenax <address@hidden> >cc: address@hidden >Subject: 20020406: nex2gini at NSBF > >Robert, > >It might be a Case sensitivity issue. Can you try >an output file name or rad_YYYYMMDD_HHNN? > >Steve Chiswell >Unidata User Support >>From: "Robert Mullenax" <address@hidden> >>Organization: UCAR/Unidata >>Keywords: 200204062142.g36Lg8a10444 > >>I saw that 5.6f was out so I got the SPARC binary to start using >>nex2gini. I cannot get it to write an output file. Here are >>my params (copied from the example): >> >>GEMPAK-NEX2GINI>l >> GRDAREA = 23;-120;47.2634;-63.5664 >> PROJ = lcc/40;-100;40 >> KXKY = 4736;3000 >> CPYFIL = >> GFUNC = n0r >> RADTIM = current >> RADDUR = 30 >> RADFRQ = >> STNFIL = nexrad.tbl >> RADMODE = p >> SATFIL = RAD_YYYYMMDD_HHNN >> COMPRESS = no >> >>I get this error: >>..... >>[NEX2GINI 5] Mode rejected: EVX 1 >> [NEX2GINI 0] Using: $RAD/NIDS/GRK/N0R/N0R_20020406_2110 >> [NEX2GINI 0] Using: $RAD/NIDS/VBX/N0R/N0R_20020406_2115 >> [NEX2GINI 0] Using: $RAD/NIDS/VNX/N0R/N0R_20020406_2111 >> [NEX2GINI 0] Using: $RAD/NIDS/DYX/N0R/N0R_20020406_2111 >> [NEX2GINI 5] Mode rejected: MXX 1 >> [NEX2GINI 0] Using: $RAD/NIDS/FDX/N0R/N0R_20020406_2130 >> [NEX2GINI 0] Using: $RAD/NIDS/HDX/N0R/N0R_20020406_2115 >> [NEX2GINI 0] Using: $RAD/NIDS/DFX/N0R/N0R_20020406_2113 >> [NEX2GINI 5] Mode rejected: MBX 1 >> [NEX2GINI 0] Using: $RAD/NIDS/POE/N0R/N0R_20020406_2111 >> [NEX2GINI 5] Mode rejected: GWX 1 >> [NEX2GINI 5] Mode rejected: EYX 1 >> [NEX2GINI 5] Mode rejected: BBX 1 >> [NEX2GINI 0] Using: $RAD/NIDS/HPX/N0R/N0R_20020406_2131 >> [NEX2GINI 4] Write image 020406/2135 >> Failed to write image [ -48] 0. >> >>The file produce in the directory where I ran it is only 540 bytes. >> >>What am I doing wrong? >> >>Thanks, >>Robert >> >> >> > >**************************************************************************** >Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata >(303)497-8644 P.O. Box >address@hidden Boulder, CO >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Unidata WWW Service >**************************************************************************** > >