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20050930: Gddiag - no joy

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  • Subject: 20050930: Gddiag - no joy
  • Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:11:30 -0600
John,

To reference the variable gfile in your shell script,
you need to use "$gfile" within the script after you have set it.
Eg, the lines in particular:
   GDFILE = $gfile
and
   CPYFIL = $gfile

See if that helps.....

Chiz


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Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support




>From: John Merrill <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200509302055.j8UKt4G7014713

>Hello, Steve:
>   I finally got to trying the setup you crafted for making
>a tropopause diagnostic grid. I must be missing something,
>because no output file is created. Here's the script I
>used:
>
>#!/bin/csh
>#
>#  This is used to plot a cross section with PV, Theta and the
>#  tropopause height.
>#
>#  Argument 1 is the date and time, mmddhh (as in 042418).
>#
>source /ljuka/gemadm/gempak/Gemenviron
>#
>set gfile=/chili/jdubois/gempak.d/conduit.{$1}.gem
>#
>#  First, prepare file with tropopause height diagnostic.
>#
>@ LEV = 1000
>while ($LEV >= 50)
>   gddiag << EOF
>   GDFILE = gfile
>   GDOUTF = ./tropo.ruc
>   GFUNC = quo(pres@0%trop,pres)
>   GDATTIM = f000
>   GLEVEL = ${LEV}
>   GVCORD = pres
>   GRDNAM = TIDX@${LEV}%pres
>   GRDTYP = S
>   GPACK =
>   GRDHDR =
>   PROJ = grid
>   GRDAREA =
>   KXKY =
>   MAXGRD = 5000
>   CPYFIL = gfile
>   ANLYSS =
>r
>
>e
>EOF
>@ LEV = $LEV - 25
>end
>exit(0)
>
>Gddiag complains a lot that "only one output file is allowed," but I
>hoped this was only a warning. The script runs through the levels
>and exits, but no output fils is created. Thanks for suggestions.  John
>
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