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>From: Carl Sinclair <address@hidden> >Organization: CAPS >Keywords: 200109062008.f86K8Q117109 LDM pqact.conf Linux 7.2 beta gcc Carl, >I'm running redhat 7.2beta gcc version 2.96. This is a setup that we don't have, so troubleshooting will be hard. >If in the pqact.conf I use the 'FILE' action, then it works fine. >If I use the 'PIPE' action, it >brings everything after the PIPE together. Here is the pqact.conf entry >and the ldmd.log error: > >NEXRD2 >^L2-([^/]*)/(....)/([0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-1][0-9][0-3][0-9][0-2][0-9][0-5][0- > 9][0-9][0-9]) > PIPE nexradII_bz data/nexradII/\2/\3.raw > > >Sep 06 19:55:19 landry pqact[3301]: pipe_dbufput: >/usr/home/ldm/bin/nexradII_bz/usr/home/ldm/data/nexradII/KTLX/20010906195210.r > aw >write error >Sep 06 19:55:19 landry pqact[3301]: pipe_prodput: trying again >Sep 06 19:55:19 landry pqact[3301]: pbuf_flush (4) write: Broken pipe It is most likely that nexradII_bz and data/nexradII/... are not being combined into a single argument. This form of this listing can be confusing since all white space is removed. >In the pqact.conf entry, the PIPE is on the next line started with a >tab. Good. >There is also a tab between the PIPE and the nexradII_bz. Also good. >We >normally don't use full path names, but that didn't resolve the problem. >Any ideas? Are you sure that /usr/home/ldm/bin/nexradII_bz has execute permission set? If so, are you sure that you have write permission to the /usr/home/ldm/data/nexradII/KTLX directory and/or the /usr/home/ldm/data/nexradII/KTLX/20010906195210.raw file? Either of these conditions is the most common problem that will cause the Broken pipe error you included above. Tom Yoksas