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Re: 20000519: pqact.conf EXEC question (fwd)

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  • Subject: Re: 20000519: pqact.conf EXEC question (fwd)
  • Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 17:35:48 -0600
Robb Kambic wrote:

> Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 10:08:34 -0600
> From: Unidata Support <address@hidden>
> Reply-To: Greg Thompson <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: 20000519: pqact.conf EXEC question
>
> >To: address@hidden
> >From: address@hidden (Greg Thompson)
> >Subject: pqact.conf EXEC question
> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata
> >Keywords: 200005182227.e4IMRtT26827
>
> A hopefully simple question:
>
> I'm trying to use the EXEC option for running a decoder from pqact.conf.
> My question is the syntax for standard input/output redirection.  I have
> the following in my file.  Will this work?
>
> WMO     ^[AF]SUS0[12] KWBC ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])     EXEC    
> /path/bin/my_decode.pl < 
> /path/data/(\1:yyyy)(\1:mm)\1/(\1:yyyy)(\1:mm)\1\2.FRONTS >& 
> /path/whatever/.junk.std_out
>
> The above line uses the C-shell sytax for I/O redirection.  Must I use
> the Bourne shell syntax instead?
>
> Thanks!
>
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Hi Greg,

No, sorry, what you wrote won't work because the ldm parent process can't pass 
the file handles to the child process, my_decode.pl.   Can you rewrite 
my_decode.pl to take those file
names as arguments and have it open the files?

Anne

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