[GEMPAK #RUV-555189]: dcmetr not writing to disk or logging

With no updates data/gempak/logs/dcmetr.log I am worried.  I have 6.8.0 
decoding through dcmetr on a CentoOS 5 machine (32bit) without problem.  

I would add verbose logging to the pattern action (-v 2)

WMO     ^S[AP]
        PIPE    dcmetr -v 2 -a 500 -m 72 -s sfmetar_sa.tbl
        -d data/gempak/logs/dcmetr.log
        -e GEMTBL=/home/gempak/NAWIPS/gempak/tables
        data/gempak/surface/YYYYMMDD_sao.gem

before stopping the ldm, deleting the product queue and creating a new one 
(ldmadmin delqueue; ldmadmin mkqueue) and then restart the ldm and check for 
updates to dcmetr.log again.

is there anything in ldmd.log around the time you say dcmetr stopped decoding 
that could help us?  feel free to attach the log back to me and I'll look at it.

Michael

> ldm 6.9.2
> gempak 6.8.0
> 
> dcmetr entry:
> WMO     ^S[AP]
> PIPE    /unidata/ldm/decoders/dcmetr -a 500 -m 72 -s sfmetar_sa.tbl
> -d data/gempak/logs/dcmetr.log
> -e GEMTBL=/unidata/GEMPAK6.8.0/gempak/tables            
> data/gempak/surface/YYYYMMDD_sao.gem
> 
> No mention in ~ldm/logs/ldmd.log
> No new sao.gem or dcmetr.log updates since 13 Feb when it was working last.
> 
> Can't think of what might have thrown a wrench in the works.  Most other 
> stuff coming and decoded as usual.
> 
> What's a diagnostic I might use to figure out what's happening?
> 
> -Neil
> 
> 
> 

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: RUV-555189
Department: Support GEMPAK
Priority: Normal
Status: Open