RE: GEMPAK 5.9.4: QBUF Crashes nmap2

Brent,

You appear to be having a problem with the redirection of the bufr
logging from stderr to /dev/null. The sporadic behavior depends on
whether the attempt to open /dev/null fails. The 5.9.4 distribution uses
the melBUFR library supplied with GEMPAK,
where previously I had utilized separate routines (that is why you see
additional
log messages with the 5.9.4 distribution).

I have re-written that code and tested. The distribution files are being
reposted to
the download area at this time.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support


On Tue, 2006-11-28 at 14:36 -0600, Brent Shaw wrote:
> For what it's worth, I have done some more testing of this.  The QBUF
> data doesn't always crash nmap2 right away.  Sometimes it loads for a
> split second (you see a flash of the plots), then crashes.  Sometimes I
> am able to load it just fine, animate it, etc.  But, if I then try
> loading it again or loading additional frames, it will crash.  
> 
> I tried running the pre-compiled version with the same result.  For now,
> we are back to running 5.9.3, which works fine with the QBUF data.   
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Brent
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brent Shaw 
> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 4:32 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: GEMPAK 5.9.4: QBUF Crashes nmap2
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> Our upgraded to 5.9.4 was pretty smooth, except that now when loading
> QBUF products (QuikSCAT BUFR from NOAAPORT), nmap2 crashes.  The same
> exact data files work fine with 5.9.3.  Under 5.9.4, in my window where
> I started NTL, I get some messages (below) that I don't get with 5.9.3.
> Anybody else tried QBUF with this new release? 
> 
> Best regards,
> Brent
> 
> --- output from 5.9.4 when loading QBUF ....
> Finished reading tables...
> Resource File:  /home/brents/GEMPAK5.9.4/resource/Nmap
> BUFR LOG: Tue Nov 21 22:24:42 2006
>  
> Processing file /DATA/nawips/gempak/qsct/2006112116.bufr
> log file = stdout
>  <<< Current settings of flags in BUFR_Cntl >>>
>     Auto FTP not allowed
>     Duplication of table entries allowed
>     No warnings of duplication of table entries printed
>     BUFR log written to stdout
>     New Table B & D entries are not printed
>    Message containing new table entries not dumped
>     Returned Code table entries indicatting missing are
>          replaced by default value for missing
>     Missing values are not replaced by default value for missing
>  
> Reading Table B
> (/home/brents/GEMPAK5.9.4/gempak/tables/melbufr/B3M-000-006-B)
> Reading Table D
> (/home/brents/GEMPAK5.9.4/gempak/tables/melbufr/B3M-000-006-D)
> Reading Table B
> (/home/brents/GEMPAK5.9.4/gempak/tables/melbufr/B3L-160000-006001-B)
> Reading Table D
> (/home/brents/GEMPAK5.9.4/gempak/tables/melbufr/B3L-160000-006001-D)
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Steve Chiswell <address@hidden>
Unidata