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20040906: Gempak - New install - parameter file cannot be opened

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  • Subject: 20040906: Gempak - New install - parameter file cannot be opened
  • Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 10:18:04 -0600
Paul,

your error indicates that $GEMPDF is not set to the correct value.
It should be set to $GEMPAK/pdf (aka $NAWIPS/gempak/pdf) after sourceing
the Gemenviron.profile.

I seem to recall some time ago that one of the export lines in 
Gemenviron.profile
was missing.

Check your GEMPDF setting and verify that the Gemenviron.profile has each 
GEMAPK variable exported as:
<snip>
#
# Remaining directories used by GEMPAK  (leave as is):
#
   GEMPDF=$GEMPAK/pdf
   export GEMPDF
   GEMTBL=$GEMPAK/tables
   export GEMTBL
   GEMERR=$GEMPAK/error
   export GEMERR
   GEMHLP=$GEMPAK/help
   export GEMHLP
   GEMMAPS=$GEMPAK/maps
   export GEMMAPS
   GEMNTS=$GEMPAK/nts
   export GEMNTS
   GEMPARM=$GEMPAK/parm
   export GEMPARM
   GEMPTXT=$GEMPAK/txt/programs
   export GEMPTXT
   GEMGTXT=$GEMPAK/txt/gemlib
   export GEMGTXT

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support


>From: "Paul Nutter" <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200409062321.i86NLODV017903

>Institution: University of Northern Colorado / Department of Earth Sciences
>Package Version: 5.7.2p2
>Operating System: Linux Fedora Core 2
>Hardware Information: Dell Inspiron 1100 Laptop
>Inquiry: Hello,
>
>I've just installed the Gempak binary distribution (5.7.2p2) on a fresh instal
> l of Fedora Core 2.  User accounts are running bash, and so have sourced 'Gem
> environ.profile' within .bashrc.    Updated 'Gemeneviron.profile' to reflect 
> the current Gempak distribution.  Everything seems to work fine except that o
> n starting any of the routines, I see the following error message:
>
>"[IP -10] The parameter file for GDMAP cannot be opened"
>
>An xw opens, and I can run the program to generate a plot (in this default cas
> e for GDMAP, hurricane Bob 500mb temperatures over WV).  
>
>Commands 'list' and 'display' produce no output.  However, I can show individu
> al settings, such as: "l area' shows 'AREA=WV'.  
>
>so, what might be a source of the error, and why can't I generate the full par
> ameter listing?
>
>Thanks,
>Paul Nutter
>
>
>
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