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>From: "Allison Hoggarth" <address@hidden> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata >Keywords: 200309171624.h8HGOBmg027654 >Institution: North Carolina State University >Package Version: 5.6 >Operating System: Red Hat Linux >Hardware Information: Dell Workstation 400 >Inquiry: Hello! I have some archived .SAO files that I would like to view in > the gempak program sfmap, however, I cannot figure out how to convert the .SA > O files into a gemfile so that I can view them. Since I am using gempak vers > ion 5.6, I know that will probably need to use dcmetr, but other then that I > am not sure where to go. I was wondering if someone might know the exact cod > e that I would need to use to convert .SAO files into gempak form. Thanks fo > r you help! > > > If the data files are archived without modifying from their original format, you can use dcmetr and specify the data of the data using the -c option. If your archive has stripped out the transmission characters that separate the individual bulletins, then you need to replace the delimeters, eg: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/msgout?/glimpse/gempak/5299 http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/msgout?/glimpse/gempak/5282 Steve Chiswell