Re: pqact file question - again (fwd)

andrew farnsworth wrote:
> 
> Hi Anne
> Thanks for your patience. I am trying to learn this stuff in crisis, and
> perhaps as you can guess I am way below the curve.  I am attaching the
> pqact.conf file (which I believe is about 120KB). That way you can see what
> Alan (used to work here) did when he wrote it and what I am working with.
> Whenever you have any thoughts, let me know. Thanks again for your help. . .
> 
> Best
> Andrew Farnsworth
> CLemson University Radar Ornithology Laboratory
> 
Hi Andrew,

Thanks for the pqact.conf file.  But, what would really help me help you
is if you tell me what's not happening that you want to happen, or what
appears to be broken.  I understand that you want to get hourly data all
the time, and every frame at other times.  Please answer the following
questions:


What appears to be not working?

Are you getting hourly data all the time?

I see that in pqact.conf you have entries for various time periods,
e.g., March 20-31.  I'm guessing this is how you want to get every frame
at specific time periods.  But, every entry is "commented in" in the
file - perhaps you want to comment everything out except for the time
period that applies right now?  Is the problem that you are getting too
much data?


Anne
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> >From: Anne Wilson <address@hidden>
> >To: andrew farnsworth <address@hidden>
> >CC: address@hidden
> >Subject: Re: pqact file question - again (fwd)
> >Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 11:38:02 -0700
> >
> >andrew farnsworth wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Anne
> > > Thanks for your response. I can try to make the file available via FTP
> >but I
> > > might not be able to do it until late today once I get into work.
> >Basically,
> > > my question is that:
> > >
> > > will the overwrite tag early in the pqact.conf file override any
> >commands
> > > following it in terms of multiple images?
> > >
> > > what we want to do is get hourly data all the time, and every frame
> >during
> > > specific but variable hours of the day depending on sunset times.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > andrew farnsworth
> > > clemson university radar ornithology laboratory
> > >
> >
> >Hi Andrew,
> >
> >First, a general point: In pqact.conf, for products that match patterns
> >in multiple entries, all actions for those products will be executed.
> >Actions are initiated in the order in which they are listed in the
> >file.  We don't know, however, in what order the actions will be
> >finished - that depends on how long the various processes take.
> >
> >Regarding your specific question: No, 'overwrite' will not have any
> >effect on any subsequent pqact.conf entries.  Entries don't affect each
> >other, unless, for example, they write to a common file.  (The _ELSE_
> >pattern would be an exception - it's affected by what happens before
> >it.)
> >
> >There is one other point to be aware of regarding 'overwrite'.  There is
> >a situation where 'overwrite' does not behave as expected.  If the
> >pqact.conf entry that says '-overwrite' does not also say '-close', then
> >its possible for products that match the pattern for the entry to be
> >appended to the file.  This happens when the stream for that file is
> >able to stay open for a while, i.e., the file handle is not needed for
> >some other file. In that case, pqact will append the next product to the
> >file.  (This is in contradiction with the LDM Site Manager's Guide
> >discussion about the FILE action, p. 32, which is apparently wrong.)
> >
> >I see in your pqact.conf you are using '-overwrite' without '-close'.
> >Could that be causing a problem?  What are your symptoms?
> >
> >Anne
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