Re: NLDN: pqact.conf for LDM (fwd)

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Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
Software Engineer III                      Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
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Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 21:01:11 +0000 (GMT)
From: David J. Knight <address@hidden>
To: Jim Koermer <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: NLDN: pqact.conf for LDM

Jim,
     There was a slight y2k bug lurking in the code.
By the time you see this it should be corrected (I hope).
Let us (address@hidden and address@hidden)
know if the problem persists.

David

> I put in the changes in my pqact.conf file several days ago to handle
> the y2k issue. However, now I am having a hard time getting the hour
> written in the filename for light (wxp5) to interpret properly.
> 
> Here is my old pqact.conf entries
> 
> # Store in separate 6-min files in yyjjjhhmm.nldn filename
> NLDN   ^(9[3-9])([0-3][0-9][0-9])([0-2][0-9])([0-5][0-9])([0-5][0-9])
>        FILE    -close  /datt/wxpdata/nldn6/\1\2\3\4.nldn
> # Store as hourly file in yyjjjhh.nldn filename
> NLDN   ^(9[3-9])([0-3][0-9][0-9])([0-2][0-9])([0-5][0-9])([0-5][0-9])
>        FILE    -close  /datt/wxpdata/nldn6/\1\2\3.nldn
> 
> Here are my new ones (per Unidata advice on y2k):
> 
> # Store in separate 6-min files in YYYYjjjhhmm.nldn filename
> NLDN   
> ^([12][0-9][0-9][0-9]|[0-9][0-9])([0-3][0-9][0-9])([0-2][0-9])([0-5][0-9])([0-5][0-9])
>         FILE    -close  /datt/wxpdata/nldn6/\1\2\3\4.nldn
> # Store as hourly file in YYYYjjjhh.nldn filename
> NLDN   
> ^([12][0-9][0-9][0-9]|[0-9][0-9])([0-3][0-9][0-9])([0-2][0-9])([0-5][0-9])([0-5][0-9])
>         FILE    -close  /datt/wxpdata/nldn/\1\2\3.nldn
> 
> Both new FILE entries leave off the hour information. The first one
> leaves off the hh and just puts on the mm. The second just tags YYYYjjj
> (e.g. 2000003.nldn)
> 
> Does anyone see the problem?
> 
>                                Jim
> 
> -- 
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