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[IDD #OII-423146]: suggestion for getting list of products via pqact

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  • Subject: [IDD #OII-423146]: suggestion for getting list of products via pqact
  • Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2020 10:31:56 -0600
Hi Rick,

re:
> Back in October I wanted to check to see if one of our machines was
> receiving all the files from ldm or if McIDAS-XCD was not filing grib
> data correctly. I was creating a list back then, but never realized
> /home/ldm/vars/ldmd.log was full of errors. Now I'm trying to again the
> list for a new machine.
> 
> I was trying the following:
> Entry in /home/ldm/etc/pqact.conf
> 
> CONDUIT (.*)
>         EXEC    /home/ldm/list-prods \1
> 
> [oper@pollux ldm]$ cat list-prods
> #!/bin/ksh
> echo $1 | grep gfs | grep 0p5 >> /home/ldm/file-list.txt
> 
> Now I'm not even getting a list.
> 
> Suggestions.

The EXEC action kicks off the "decoder" (process) specified, but it
does not do anything with the product that caused the action to
be executed.  What you probably want to do is PIPE the product to
the "decoder" so it can be acted on.

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: OII-423146
Department: Support IDD
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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