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On 2 Nov 1999, Phil Mieczynski wrote: > > Thanks a bunch Robb! > > The problem was with my pqact.conf file on deke. I used your example (with > mods) > of: > > EXP /home/ldm/data/ldm.test > FILE -overwrite data/incoming.dat > > and everything works like a charm. My original conf looked like this: > > EXP ^(ldm.test) > FILE -overwrite /home/ldm/data/incoming.dat Phil, The ^ carat mean to start the match with ldm.test when the product actually started with /home.... You could use a line like: EXP ldm.test and that should work. Check out the RE in the tutorial. Robb... > > I'm guessing there is something wrong with the syntax. I tried 1)not using the > carat and 2) not using the parenthesis to no avail. As long as I use the full > path name everything works fine. > > Do you have any ideas as to what is wrong with my syntax? Is it an actual > carat > (^) or is it really a control character of some kind that I should be using? > > Thanks for the help. Its really exciting to actaully see this work...Phil > ____________________Reply Separator____________________ > Subject: Re: 19991101: LDM in AK > Author: address@hidden > Date: 11/2/99 10:28 AM > > On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, Unidata Support wrote: > > > > > ------- Forwarded Message > > > > >To: address@hidden > > >From: Phil Mieczynski <address@hidden> > > >Subject: LDM in AK > > >Organization: . > > >Keywords: 199911012315.QAA19764 > > > > --PART.BOUNDARY.noaamh2.10a9.381e1e9b.0001 > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Content-Disposition: inline > > > > > > Robb, > > > > Thanks for your help. Here's where I am right now: > > > > 1) I got ldm running on both boxes (barah.anc - feeder & deke.arh - > > receiver) > I > > started ldm on these machines by doing a)ldmadmin stop, b)ldmadmin delqueue, > > c)ldmadmin mkqueue, d)ldmadmin newlog, and e)ldmadmin start > > 2) When I run `ldmadmin tail` I can see that all the processes in ldmd.conf > have > > started. > > The tail on deke shows `FEEDME(barah.anc.nwsar.gov): OK` which tells me that > > deke is waiting to be fed by barah. The tail on barah shows `Connection from > > deke.arh.nwsar.gov` which tells me that barah recognizes deke. > > > > At this point I'm assuming that ldm is running on both machines and now > > their > > waiting for something to happen. My test is to send an ascii text file from > > barah to deke using the ldm product queue. I've created a simple ascii text > file > > and named it `ldm.test`. I placed this file at barah:/home/ldm/data/ldm.test > > > > The way I'm getting this product (the ascii text file) into the ldm product > > queue is by issuing the following command from the command line on barah: > > `pqinsert -v -q /home/ldm/data/ldm.pq -f EXP /home/ldm/data/ldm.test` > > the command returns: > > `pqinsert: 151 19991101203559.305 EXP 000 /home/ldm/data/ldm.test > > > Phil, > > That's the correct procedure to insert the product and send it to deke. > Since it's in deke's queue that part worked ok. There is a problem with > your pqact entry on deke. Since I couldn't decode deke's pqact.conf file, > here's what the entry should look like: > > EXP /home/ldm/data/ldm.test > FILE data/ldm.test > > The white spaces are tabs. I would suggest running a notifyme on deke so > you can see the product arriving and what the "real" header looks like. > > % notifyme -vl - > > or > > % ldmadmin watch > > The product header in notifyme is what pqact gets to match. pqact entries > can get tricky because they use regular expresssion chars, here's an URL > about creating pqact type entries. > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/ldm/ws/ws.html#schedule > > Look at day 2 sections "Using the Data" parts 1 and 2 > > > At this point the tail I have going on the logs shows no activity but, if I > > do > > a: > The ldm in not running in verbose mode, so it doesn't show the arrival of > every product. But at this point, you don't need to run the ldm in verbose > mode, use notifyme. > > Robb... > > > `pqcat` on barah and deke they both show the contents of the ascii file > ldm.test > > in the product queue. The problem is that it just stays in the queue and is > > never written to /home/ldm/data/incoming.dat on deke like the pqact.conf > > directs. > > > > What am I doing wrong??? > > > > I've attached the ldmd.conf and pqact.conf files from deke and barah for you > to > > take a look at. 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Corp for Atmospheric > Research > address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ > =============================================================================== > =============================================================================== Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ ===============================================================================