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> Unidata support, > > For the last year or so I've noticed files with *.gbx9 and *.ncx extensions > mysteriously appearing in the directory where I keep *.grb (NCEP model > output) files on our local LDM server. I wondered where these odd files were > coming from and kept having to delete them to eliminate the clutter they > create. > > Just recently I concluded that they were being created by the IDV when I > time-aggregate *.grb files for animation purposes. > > I doubt that this behavior is intentional--leaving temporary files lying > around in the local data directories doesn't sound like tidy software > behavior! Should the IDV be creating these temporary files somewhere in the > .unidata/idv/DefaultIdv/tmp (say) and/or removing them after the display is > created? > > -- Dave Dave, In the IDV user preference, under System tab, there is a checkbox named "Write Grib Index in Disk Cache". When it is checked (by default), the IDV will normally cache grib data index sets to disk in the default directory: .unidata/idv/DefaultIdv/tmp/nj22. If you uncheck this box, the IDV will save those index sets to the same directory as the grib datasets. When you make the change, you need to restart the IDV for this change to take effect, and you need to make sure the write permission on this data directory. Let us know if this is not what you experienced. Yuan > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Appendix: > > The temporary *.gbx9 and *.ncx files created by the IDV in my local GRIB > model output directory: > > dempsey_sundog% ls -tl /data/GRIB/*.gbx9 > -rw-r--r-- 1 300 staff 34354 Dec 17 08:02 /data/GRIB/latest_12_GFS.grb.gbx9 > -rw-r--r-- 1 300 staff 34366 Dec 17 08:02 /data/GRIB/latest_11_GFS.grb.gbx9 > -rw-r--r-- 1 300 staff 34362 Dec 17 08:02 /data/GRIB/latest_10_GFS.grb.gbx9 > -rw-r--r-- 1 300 staff 34366 Dec 17 08:02 /data/GRIB/latest_09_GFS.grb.gbx9 > -rw-r--r-- 1 300 staff 34366 Dec 17 08:02 /data/GRIB/latest_06_GFS.grb.gbx9 > -rw-r--r-- 1 300 staff 34366 Dec 17 08:02 /data/GRIB/latest_08_GFS.grb.gbx9 > -rw-r--r-- 1 300 staff 34362 Dec 17 08:02 /data/GRIB/latest_05_GFS.grb.gbx9 > -rw-r--r-- 1 300 staff 34358 Dec 17 08:02 /data/GRIB/latest_03_GFS.grb.gbx9 > -rw-r--r-- 1 300 staff 34376 Dec 17 08:02 /data/GRIB/latest_04_GFS.grb.gbx9 > -rw-r--r-- 1 300 staff 34372 Dec 17 08:02 /data/GRIB/latest_02_GFS.grb.gbx9 > -rw-r--r-- 1 300 staff 34366 Dec 17 08:02 /data/GRIB/latest_00_GFS.grb.gbx9 > -rw-r--r-- 1 300 staff 34360 Dec 17 08:02 /data/GRIB/latest_07_GFS.grb.gbx9 > > dempsey_sundog% ls -lt /data/GRIB/*.ncx > -rw-r--r-- 1 300 staff 7945 Dec 17 08:02 /data/GRIB/latest_12_GFS.grb.ncx > -rw-r--r-- 1 300 staff 7948 Dec 17 08:02 /data/GRIB/latest_11_GFS.grb.ncx > -rw-r--r-- 1 300 staff 7947 Dec 17 08:02 /data/GRIB/latest_10_GFS.grb.ncx > -rw-r--r-- 1 300 staff 7948 Dec 17 08:02 /data/GRIB/latest_09_GFS.grb.ncx > -rw-r--r-- 1 300 staff 7948 Dec 17 08:02 /data/GRIB/latest_06_GFS.grb.ncx > -rw-r--r-- 1 300 staff 7948 Dec 17 08:02 /data/GRIB/latest_08_GFS.grb.ncx > -rw-r--r-- 1 300 staff 7947 Dec 17 08:02 /data/GRIB/latest_05_GFS.grb.ncx > -rw-r--r-- 1 300 staff 7946 Dec 17 08:02 /data/GRIB/latest_03_GFS.grb.ncx > -rw-r--r-- 1 300 staff 7951 Dec 17 08:02 /data/GRIB/latest_04_GFS.grb.ncx > -rw-r--r-- 1 300 staff 7950 Dec 17 08:02 /data/GRIB/latest_02_GFS.grb.ncx > -rw-r--r-- 1 300 staff 7948 Dec 17 08:02 /data/GRIB/latest_00_GFS.grb.ncx > -rw-r--r-- 1 300 staff 7947 Dec 17 08:02 /data/GRIB/latest_07_GFS.grb.ncx > > And the GRIB files aggregated (which are symbolic links pointing to the real > GRIB files): > dempsey_sundog% ls -lt /data/GRIB/latest_??_GFS.grb > lrwxr-xr-x 1 300 staff 21 Dec 17 07:23 /data/GRIB/latest_00_GFS.grb@ -> > 13121712_gfs2_F00.grb > lrwxr-xr-x 1 300 staff 21 Dec 17 07:23 /data/GRIB/latest_01_GFS.grb@ -> > 13121706_gfs2_F00.grb > lrwxr-xr-x 1 300 staff 21 Dec 17 07:23 /data/GRIB/latest_02_GFS.grb@ -> > 13121700_gfs2_F00.grb > lrwxr-xr-x 1 300 staff 21 Dec 17 07:23 /data/GRIB/latest_03_GFS.grb@ -> > 13121618_gfs2_F00.grb > lrwxr-xr-x 1 300 staff 21 Dec 17 07:23 /data/GRIB/latest_04_GFS.grb@ -> > 13121612_gfs2_F00.grb > lrwxr-xr-x 1 300 staff 21 Dec 17 07:23 /data/GRIB/latest_05_GFS.grb@ -> > 13121606_gfs2_F00.grb > lrwxr-xr-x 1 300 staff 21 Dec 17 07:23 /data/GRIB/latest_06_GFS.grb@ -> > 13121600_gfs2_F00.grb > lrwxr-xr-x 1 300 staff 21 Dec 17 07:23 /data/GRIB/latest_07_GFS.grb@ -> > 13121518_gfs2_F00.grb > lrwxr-xr-x 1 300 staff 21 Dec 17 07:23 /data/GRIB/latest_08_GFS.grb@ -> > 13121512_gfs2_F00.grb > lrwxr-xr-x 1 300 staff 21 Dec 17 07:23 /data/GRIB/latest_09_GFS.grb@ -> > 13121506_gfs2_F00.grb > lrwxr-xr-x 1 300 staff 21 Dec 17 07:23 /data/GRIB/latest_10_GFS.grb@ -> > 13121500_gfs2_F00.grb > lrwxr-xr-x 1 300 staff 21 Dec 17 07:23 /data/GRIB/latest_11_GFS.grb@ -> > 13121418_gfs2_F00.grb > lrwxr-xr-x 1 300 staff 21 Dec 17 07:23 /data/GRIB/latest_12_GFS.grb@ -> > 13121412_gfs2_F00.grb > > > *************************************************************** > * Dr. Dave Dempsey | ^ ___ \|/ > * > * Dept. of Earth & Climate Sciences | ) ^ /||_||\ --0-- * > * San Francisco State University | ) ) / ||_|| \ /|\ * > * 1600 Holloway Ave. | ) ) / ||_|| \ > * > * San Francisco, CA 94132 | ) ) / ||_|| \ ^ * > * | ) ) ) > ||_|| \ * > * Phone: (415) 338-7716 | ) ) )~||~||~~~~ \~~* > * FAX: (415) 338-7705 | ) ) ) ) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~* > * Email: address@hidden<mailto:address@hidden> | ) ) ) ) > ) ~ ~ ~ ~ * > *************************************************************** > > > > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: VYP-183639 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed