20030915:/home/ldm/etc

Dave,

yes, /etc is a common directory for LDM install.

Our Config:

/local/ldm% ls -l
total 76
-rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff      4228 Aug 26  2002 FNEXRAD
-rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff      1882 Feb  6  2003 NOTEBOOK
drwxrwxr-x   2 ldm      ustaff       512 Sep 10  1999 alden
lrwxrwxrwx   1 ldm      ustaff        11 May 28 16:50 bin -> runtime/bin
lrwxrwxrwx   1 ldm      ustaff        15 May 19 09:44 classes ->
runtime/classes
-rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff         9 Dec  8  2000 currentFLOATER
lrwxrwxrwx   1 ldm      ustaff         9 May 19 09:44 data -> /data/ldm
drwxrwxr-x   2 ldm      ustaff      1024 Jul 17 10:49 decoders
lrwxrwxrwx   1 ldm      ustaff        11 May 28 16:48 doc -> runtime/doc
drwxrwsrwx   3 ldm      ustaff      1536 Sep 13 18:48 etc
lrwxrwxrwx   1 ldm      ustaff        15 May 28 16:48 include ->
runtime/include
-rwxrwxrwx   1 ldm      ustaff      4628 Apr 12  1996 killpipe.csh
drwxrwxr-x   7 ldm      ustaff       512 May 19 14:08 ldm-6.0.11.largefile
drwxrwxr-x   7 ldm      ustaff       512 May 28 16:39 ldm-6.0.12.largefile
drwxrwxr-x   7 ldm      ustaff       512 Jun 10 13:21 ldm-6.0.13.largefile
drwxrwxr-x   7 ldm      ustaff       512 Jul 18 16:12
ldm-6.0.14.6.largefile
drwxrwxr-x   7 ldm      ustaff       512 Aug 19 09:33 ldm-6.0.14.largefile
-rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff         6 Sep 13 18:53 ldmd.pid
lrwxrwxrwx   1 ldm      ustaff        11 May 28 16:48 lib -> runtime/lib
drwxrwxr-x   2 ldm      ustaff       512 Sep 24  2002 loadStudy
lrwxrwxrwx   1 ldm      ustaff         9 May 28 16:50 logs -> data/logs
drwx------   2 ldm      ustaff       512 Sep  6  2002 mail
lrwxrwxrwx   1 ldm      ustaff        11 May 28 16:48 man -> runtime/man
lrwxrwxrwx   1 ldm      ustaff        25 May 19 09:44 pqsurf ->
runtime/src/pqsurf/pqsurf
drwxrwxr-x   3 ldm      ustaff       512 Dec  7  1995 profiled
lrwxrwxrwx   1 ldm      ustaff        20 Aug 19 17:12 runtime ->
ldm-6.0.14.largefile
lrwxrwxrwx   1 ldm      ustaff        11 May 28 16:48 src -> runtime/src
drwxrwxr-x   2 ldm      ustaff       512 Sep  3 16:23 util
/local/ldm% pwd
/opt/ldm


/etc usually contains configurable documents:

/local/ldm% pwd
/opt/ldm/etc

NNEXRAD                ldmadmin.conf.mitch    ruc-notes
RCS                    ldmadmin.conf.old      ruc.cdl
avn-1.25x1.25.cdl      ldmd.conf              ruc2.cdl
avn-a.cdl              ldmd.conf.5            sao.cdl
avn-q.cdl              ldmd.conf.ldm6test     scour.conf
avn-x.cdl              ldmd.conf.motherlode   scour.conf.dist
avn-x.cdl.orig         ldmd.conf.newthelma    scour.conf.don
buddy.conf             ldmd.conf.thelma       scour.conf.save
buoy.cdl               metar.cdl              sfmetar_sa.tbl
city_sfc.dat           mrf-a.cdl              sno.cdl
diff.pl                mrf-e.cdl              snworld.old
ecmf.cdl               netcheck.conf          snworld.tbl
eta.cdl                netcheck.conf.dist     sst-a.cdl
eta.cdl.sav            ngm-g.cdl              sst-t.cdl
gemglb.nts             ngm-q.cdl              stations_by_call.gdbm
gilda.conf             nmcrs.cdl              stations_by_wmo.gdbm
gribtonc.cdl           ocean.cdl              syn.cdl
hrs.conf               pqact.conf             systns_upc.tbl
ldmaccess.conf         pqact.conf.bak         ua.cdl
ldmadmin.conf          pqact.conf.ssec        udunits.dat
ldmadmin.conf.dist     pqsurf.conf            wcfields.conf
/local/ldm% pwd
/opt/ldm/etc


Let me know if you have further questions.

Thank you,

Jeff
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On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Unidata Support wrote:

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> >To: address@hidden
> >From: "Dave Santek" <address@hidden>
> >Subject: LDM - Linux - Installation
> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata
> >Keywords: 200309151657.h8FGvV5T022982
>
> Institution: UW-Madison
> Package Version: ldm-6.0.14 binary
> Operating System: Linux
> Hardware Information: Dell
> Inquiry: When doing a LDM binary installation, the 2nd step after the zcat is 
> to:
>
> "Copy distribution configuration files if first-time LDM
>
> If this is the LDM user's first LDM installation, then copy the contents of 
> $VERSIONDIR/etc to $HOME/etc:
>
>     cd $HOME/$VERSIONDIR/etc
>     cp * $HOME/etc
> "
>
> I don't see a 'etc' directory in the LDM tree. Also, I don't recall having to 
> make a $HOME/etc directory.
>
> Please help....thanx,
> dave
>
>
>
>
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