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Hi Paul, re: > I have in my pqact file a program that executes a program when the WV > image comes in. Here are the lines: > > NIMAGE ^satz/ch1/.*WV.*EAST.*/4km/ > exec /home/mcidas/scripts/eregionalwv.pl > NIMAGE ^satz/ch2/.*WEST.*/4km/ > exec /home/mcidas/scripts/wregionalwv.pl > > If I do not have the *WV* in the EAST, the program will run when the IR > comes in also. This is how it should be. The 4 km NIMAGE products include the WV, IR, and 3.9 um images. The regular expression: ^satz/ch1/.*EAST.*/4km/ should match any of these products. > However, if I put WV in the WEST, then the program does not > work. See below for the reason that the program will not get run. > What are the naming conventions of the files as they are transmitted? The easiest way to see the list of product headers for any IDD feed is to use the 'notifyme' utility. Here is a simple invocation that lists out the headers for all GOES-West images: notifyme -vxl- -f NIMAGE -o 3600 -p WEST This resulted in the following listing on one of the machines we run here at the UPC: Oct 14 06:40:58 notifyme[76534] NOTE: NOTIFYME(localhost): OK Oct 14 06:40:59 notifyme[76534] INFO: a91d775c6dc4556f20f96a3d7961cc70 863539 20061014055511.774 NIMAGE 164889 satz/ch2/GOES-11/3.9/20061014 0545/WEST-CONUS/4km/ TIGW04 KNES 140545 Oct 14 06:40:59 notifyme[76534] INFO: 511b34b7bfbae3e290add88fb46aa98a 111855 20061014055511.827 NIMAGE 164890 satz/ch2/GOES-11/WV/20061014 0545/WEST-CONUS/8km/ TIGW05 KNES 140545 Oct 14 06:40:59 notifyme[76534] INFO: 332431a05fa8bd98933e5279591ab8bc 823670 20061014055513.893 NIMAGE 164891 satz/ch2/GOES-11/IR/20061014 0545/WEST-CONUS/4km/ TIGW02 KNES 140545 Oct 14 06:40:59 notifyme[76534] INFO: 577a55700bb7d17cc7a5403de549bfce 10759420 20061014055509.349 NIMAGE 164888 satz/ch2/GOES-11/VIS/20061014 0545/WEST-CONUS/1km/ TIGW01 KNES 140545 Oct 14 06:41:00 notifyme[76534] INFO: dda1136bb5ec99646d12c7a1a1f4f0bf 832425 20061014055515.446 NIMAGE 164892 satz/ch2/GOES-11/12.0/20061014 0545/WEST-CONUS/4km/ TIGW03 KNES 140545 ... 'notifyme' is a _very_ useful utility since you can use it to test regular expressions for use in pqact.conf actions: notifyme -vxl- -f NIMAGE -o 3600 -p "^satz/ch2/.*WEST.*/4km/" Oct 14 06:44:18 notifyme[77057] NOTE: Starting Up: localhost: 20061014054418.181 TS_ENDT {{NIMAGE, "^satz/ch2/.*WEST.*/4km/"}} Oct 14 06:44:18 notifyme[77057] NOTE: LDM-5 desired product-class: 20061014054418.181 TS_ENDT {{NIMAGE, "^satz/ch2/.*WEST.*/4km/"}} Oct 14 06:44:18 DEBUG: NOTIFYME(localhost) returns OK Oct 14 06:44:18 notifyme[77057] NOTE: NOTIFYME(localhost): OK Oct 14 06:44:19 notifyme[77057] INFO: a91d775c6dc4556f20f96a3d7961cc70 863539 20061014055511.774 NIMAGE 164889 satz/ch2/GOES-11/3.9/20061014 0545/WEST-CONUS/4km/ TIGW04 KNES 140545 Oct 14 06:44:19 notifyme[77057] INFO: 332431a05fa8bd98933e5279591ab8bc 823670 20061014055513.893 NIMAGE 164891 satz/ch2/GOES-11/IR/20061014 0545/WEST-CONUS/4km/ TIGW02 KNES 140545 Oct 14 06:44:19 notifyme[77057] INFO: dda1136bb5ec99646d12c7a1a1f4f0bf 832425 20061014055515.446 NIMAGE 164892 satz/ch2/GOES-11/12.0/20061014 0545/WEST-CONUS/4km/ TIGW03 KNES 140545 Oct 14 06:44:20 notifyme[77057] INFO: 41e6aa80a04def69177abe8580c5344d 864502 20061014061224.485 NIMAGE 164908 satz/ch2/GOES-11/3.9/20061014 0600/WEST-CONUS/4km/ TIGW04 KNES 140600 Oct 14 06:44:20 notifyme[77057] INFO: 4bfbe6c0abe6ab40450dcc5c047e8d4d 823078 20061014061228.615 NIMAGE 164910 satz/ch2/GOES-11/IR/20061014 0600/WEST-CONUS/4km/ TIGW02 KNES 140600 Oct 14 06:44:20 notifyme[77057] INFO: 44268a6cb321424d52aa4a0919c3efa2 831326 20061014061231.722 NIMAGE 164911 satz/ch2/GOES-11/12.0/20061014 0600/WEST-CONUS/4km/ TIGW03 KNES 140600 Oct 14 06:44:20 notifyme[77057] INFO: c45fc397cc54255351f89d87ac39d708 840369 20061014064027.091 NIMAGE 164946 satz/ch2/GOES-11/3.9/20061014 0630/WEST-CONUS/4km/ TIGW04 KNES 140630 Oct 14 06:44:20 notifyme[77057] INFO: 662e92e73e092103759fd6fcb6ad687c 797037 20061014064032.220 NIMAGE 164948 satz/ch2/GOES-11/IR/20061014 0630/WEST-CONUS/4km/ TIGW02 KNES 140630 Oct 14 06:44:20 notifyme[77057] INFO: 3bd28aa59152f7d6fa6ae30f8a8d55d7 806864 20061014064037.330 NIMAGE 164949 satz/ch2/GOES-11/12.0/20061014 0630/WEST-CONUS/4km/ TIGW03 KNES 140630 Please note that the WV image from GOES-West is not included in this listing. > Do you know why this action might occur? The reason is that the GOES-West water vapor images are 8 km, not 4 km: notifyme -vxl- -f NIMAGE -o 3600 -p "^satz/ch2/.*WEST.*/8km/" Oct 14 06:46:53 notifyme[77497] NOTE: Starting Up: localhost: 20061014054653.193 TS_ENDT {{NIMAGE, "^satz/ch2/.*WEST.*/8km/"}} Oct 14 06:46:53 notifyme[77497] NOTE: LDM-5 desired product-class: 20061014054653.193 TS_ENDT {{NIMAGE, "^satz/ch2/.*WEST.*/8km/"}} Oct 14 06:46:53 DEBUG: NOTIFYME(localhost) returns OK Oct 14 06:46:53 notifyme[77497] NOTE: NOTIFYME(localhost): OK Oct 14 06:46:55 notifyme[77497] INFO: f80ed08df180c3f9efe97115f9a6879e 112507 20061014061224.577 NIMAGE 164909 satz/ch2/GOES-11/WV/20061014 0600/WEST-CONUS/8km/ TIGW05 KNES 140600 Oct 14 06:46:56 notifyme[77497] INFO: 15497b558e4a16b491651fe06c778d2e 107828 20061014064027.669 NIMAGE 164947 satz/ch2/GOES-11/WV/20061014 0630/WEST-CONUS/8km/ TIGW05 KNES 140630 > Thanks No worries. 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