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Re: no data decoded by Gempak 02/29? (fwd)

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  • Subject: Re: no data decoded by Gempak 02/29? (fwd)
  • Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 12:33:39 -0700 (MST)

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Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 12:47:36 -0600 (CST)
From: David Wojtowicz <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden, address@hidden
Subject: Re: no data decoded by Gempak 02/29? 

On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, David Wojtowicz wrote:
> 
> OK... Seems to be working, though haven't checked it
> too carefully yet.  However in the interests of getting
> this to everyone who wants it ASAP...
> 
> ftp to data2.atmos.uiuc.edu
> username: gemfix   passwd: gemfix
> 
> There you'll find a directory
> gempakpl15_linux6_bin
> 
> This contains all the gempak binaries, recompiled with
> a fix the the date handling code that's causing
> the LY2K problem.
> 
> Remember to:
> 
>  1) save your old gempak binaries (in case something's
>     wrong with the new ones)
>  2) transfer the files in binary mode
>  3) temporarily shut down pqact while installing the binaries
>  4) run "chmod 755" on the binaries after ftp'ing
> 
> 


One note of warning I just realized:  The one's I put out
there are Redhat6.0 binaries.  (I'm compiling for
both platforms).  There is an incompatibility between
6.0 and 6.1 and not all the 6.0 binaries work on 6.1.

I'm compiling for 6.1 now, or you can wait for Steve's
pl16 version at Unidata.

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