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Hi Dave, Probably not the answer you are looking for: as LDM in ~ldm: mkdir etc BTW, where did you get a binary for LDM 6.0.14....not from us ;)..curious? I see our web pages were not that clear, we have edited them to avoid this confusion. If building 6.0.14 you will need to build from source. Thank you, Jeff --------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Weber address@hidden : Unidata Program Center PH:303-497-8676 : University Corp for Atmospheric Research 3300 Mitchell Ln : http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/jweber Boulder,Co 80307-3000 : --------------------------------------------------------------------- On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Dave Santek wrote: > Jeff, > > How does this directory get made? It's not included in the binary > distribution: > > [ldm@chinook ldm]$ zcat ldm-6.0.14.binary.tar.Z|tar -tvf - > drwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 0 2003-08-14 14:21:08 ldm-6.0.14/bin/ > -rwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 14406 2003-08-14 14:04:15 ldm-6.0.14/bin/hupsyslog > -rwxr-xr-x ldm/ustaff 910 2003-08-14 14:04:15 ldm-6.0.14/bin/newlog > -rwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 86934 2003-08-14 14:21:07 ldm-6.0.14/bin/pqcreate > -rwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 91567 2003-08-14 14:21:07 ldm-6.0.14/bin/pqinsert > -rwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 93553 2003-08-14 14:21:07 ldm-6.0.14/bin/pqcat > -rwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 89032 2003-08-14 14:21:08 ldm-6.0.14/bin/pqmon > -rwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 91115 2003-08-14 14:21:08 ldm-6.0.14/bin/pqexpire > -rwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 106020 2003-08-14 14:04:16 ldm-6.0.14/bin/pqutil > -rwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 107168 2003-08-14 14:21:08 ldm-6.0.14/bin/pqsend > -rwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 124470 2003-08-14 14:21:08 ldm-6.0.14/bin/pqing > lrwxrwxrwx ldm/ustaff 0 2003-08-14 14:21:08 ldm-6.0.14/bin/dds -> > pqing > lrwxrwxrwx ldm/ustaff 0 2003-08-14 14:21:08 ldm-6.0.14/bin/pps -> > pqing > lrwxrwxrwx ldm/ustaff 0 2003-08-14 14:21:08 ldm-6.0.14/bin/ids -> > pqing > lrwxrwxrwx ldm/ustaff 0 2003-08-14 14:21:08 ldm-6.0.14/bin/hds -> > pqing > lrwxrwxrwx ldm/ustaff 0 2003-08-14 14:21:08 ldm-6.0.14/bin/hrs -> > pqing > lrwxrwxrwx ldm/ustaff 0 2003-08-14 14:21:08 ldm-6.0.14/bin/ddplus > -> pqing > lrwxrwxrwx ldm/ustaff 0 2003-08-14 14:21:08 > ldm-6.0.14/bin/feedtest -> pqing > lrwxrwxrwx ldm/ustaff 0 2003-08-14 14:21:08 ldm-6.0.14/bin/afos > -> pqing > -rwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 114417 2003-08-14 14:21:08 ldm-6.0.14/bin/pqact > -rwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 95723 2003-08-14 14:21:08 ldm-6.0.14/bin/pqbinstats > -rwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 4966 2003-08-14 14:04:16 > ldm-6.0.14/bin/mailpqstats > -rwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 108072 2003-08-14 14:21:08 ldm-6.0.14/bin/pqsurf > -rwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 59055 2003-08-14 14:04:17 ldm-6.0.14/bin/ldmsend > -rwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 109008 2003-08-14 14:21:09 ldm-6.0.14/bin/rtstats > -rwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 61216 2003-08-14 14:04:17 ldm-6.0.14/bin/feedme > -rwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 60902 2003-08-14 14:04:17 ldm-6.0.14/bin/notifyme > -rwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 175123 2003-08-14 14:21:09 ldm-6.0.14/bin/rpc.ldmd > -rwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 59221 2003-08-14 14:04:17 ldm-6.0.14/bin/ldmping > -rwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 9002 2003-08-14 14:21:09 ldm-6.0.14/bin/netcheck > -rwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 6799 2003-08-14 14:21:09 ldm-6.0.14/bin/ldmprods > -rwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 7389 2003-08-14 14:21:09 ldm-6.0.14/bin/syscheck > -rwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 23611 2003-08-14 14:04:17 ldm-6.0.14/bin/ldmcheck > -rwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 25534 2003-08-14 14:21:09 ldm-6.0.14/bin/ldmadmin > -rwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 7575 2003-08-14 14:21:09 ldm-6.0.14/bin/ldmfail > -rwxr-xr-x ldm/ustaff 2158 2003-08-14 14:04:17 > ldm-6.0.14/bin/scriptconfig > -rwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 3459 2003-08-14 14:04:17 ldm-6.0.14/bin/scour > -rwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 15130 2003-08-14 14:04:17 ldm-6.0.14/bin/regex > drwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 0 2003-08-14 14:04:16 ldm-6.0.14/include/ > -rw-rw-r-- ldm/ustaff 1412 2003-08-14 14:21:07 > ldm-6.0.14/include/ldmconfig.h > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 3286 2003-08-14 14:04:15 ldm-6.0.14/include/ulog.h > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 480 2003-08-14 14:04:15 > ldm-6.0.14/include/ldmalloc.h > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 2314 2003-08-14 14:04:15 ldm-6.0.14/include/alrm.h > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 1484 2003-08-14 14:04:15 > ldm-6.0.14/include/error.h > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 537 2003-08-14 14:04:15 ldm-6.0.14/include/fdnb.h > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 766 2003-08-14 14:04:15 > ldm-6.0.14/include/fsStats.h > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 1058 2003-08-14 14:04:15 > ldm-6.0.14/include/inetutil.h > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 1517 2003-08-14 14:04:15 > ldm-6.0.14/include/mkdirs_open.h > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 523 2003-08-14 14:04:15 > ldm-6.0.14/include/paths.h > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 132 2003-08-14 14:04:15 > ldm-6.0.14/include/rpcutil.h > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 227 2003-08-14 14:04:15 > ldm-6.0.14/include/setenv.h > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 1465 2003-08-14 14:04:15 > ldm-6.0.14/include/atofeedt.h > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 4558 2003-08-14 14:04:15 > ldm-6.0.14/include/h_clnt.h > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 15823 2003-08-14 14:04:15 ldm-6.0.14/include/ldm.h > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 2408 2003-08-14 14:04:15 > ldm-6.0.14/include/ldm5_clnt.h > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 1358 2003-08-14 14:04:15 > ldm-6.0.14/include/ldmprint.h > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 787 2003-08-14 14:04:15 > ldm-6.0.14/include/ldm_clnt.h > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 484 2003-08-14 14:04:15 > ldm-6.0.14/include/ldm_xlen.h > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 1391 2003-08-14 14:04:15 ldm-6.0.14/include/md5.h > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 1417 2003-08-14 14:04:15 > ldm-6.0.14/include/prod_class.h > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 1867 2003-08-14 14:04:15 > ldm-6.0.14/include/timestamp.h > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 480 2003-08-14 14:04:16 > ldm-6.0.14/include/xdr_data.h > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 643 2003-08-14 14:04:16 > ldm-6.0.14/include/fbits.h > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 235 2003-08-14 14:04:16 ldm-6.0.14/include/lcm.h > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 8514 2003-08-14 14:04:16 ldm-6.0.14/include/pq.h > drwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 0 2003-08-14 14:04:15 ldm-6.0.14/lib/ > -rw-rw-r-- ldm/ustaff 141366 2003-08-14 14:21:07 ldm-6.0.14/lib/libldm.a > drwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 0 2003-08-14 14:04:16 ldm-6.0.14/man/ > drwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 0 2003-08-14 14:04:16 ldm-6.0.14/man/man3/ > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 6214 2003-08-14 14:04:15 > ldm-6.0.14/man/man3/ulog.3 > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 10929 2003-08-14 14:04:16 ldm-6.0.14/man/man3/pq.3 > drwxrwxr-x ldm/ustaff 0 2003-08-14 14:04:17 ldm-6.0.14/man/man1/ > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 3450 2003-08-14 14:04:16 > ldm-6.0.14/man/man1/pqcreate.1 > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 2554 2003-08-14 14:04:16 > ldm-6.0.14/man/man1/pqinsert.1 > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 5987 2003-08-14 14:04:16 > ldm-6.0.14/man/man1/pqcat.1 > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 3115 2003-08-14 14:04:16 > ldm-6.0.14/man/man1/pqmon.1 > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 5775 2003-08-14 14:04:16 > ldm-6.0.14/man/man1/pqexpire.1 > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 5803 2003-08-14 14:04:16 > ldm-6.0.14/man/man1/pqutil.1 > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 5119 2003-08-14 14:04:16 > ldm-6.0.14/man/man1/pqsend.1 > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 6330 2003-08-14 14:04:16 > ldm-6.0.14/man/man1/pqing.1 > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 11391 2003-08-14 14:04:16 > ldm-6.0.14/man/man1/pqact.1 > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 4713 2003-08-14 14:04:16 > ldm-6.0.14/man/man1/pqbinstats.1 > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 2935 2003-08-14 14:04:16 > ldm-6.0.14/man/man1/mailpqstats.1 > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 7464 2003-08-14 14:04:17 > ldm-6.0.14/man/man1/pqsurf.1 > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 2105 2003-08-14 14:04:17 > ldm-6.0.14/man/man1/ldmsend.1 > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 5689 2003-08-14 14:04:17 > ldm-6.0.14/man/man1/rtstats.1 > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 2302 2003-08-14 14:04:17 > ldm-6.0.14/man/man1/feedme.1 > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 2740 2003-08-14 14:04:17 > ldm-6.0.14/man/man1/notifyme.1 > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 5356 2003-08-14 14:04:17 > ldm-6.0.14/man/man1/ldmd.1 > lrwxrwxrwx ldm/ustaff 0 2003-08-14 14:04:17 > ldm-6.0.14/man/man1/rpc.ldmd.1 -> ldmd.1 > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 3605 2003-08-14 14:04:17 > ldm-6.0.14/man/man1/ldmping.1 > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 6255 2003-08-14 14:04:17 > ldm-6.0.14/man/man1/ldmadmin.1 > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 2493 2003-08-14 14:04:17 > ldm-6.0.14/man/man1/netcheck.1 > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 1665 2003-08-14 14:04:17 > ldm-6.0.14/man/man1/syscheck.1 > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 3196 2003-08-14 14:04:17 > ldm-6.0.14/man/man1/ldmprods.1 > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 3602 2003-08-14 14:04:17 > ldm-6.0.14/man/man1/ldmfail.1 > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 3837 2003-08-14 14:04:17 > ldm-6.0.14/man/man1/scour.1 > -rw-r--r-- ldm/ustaff 2772 2003-08-14 14:04:17 > ldm-6.0.14/man/man1/regex.1 > > thanx > dave > > > Jeff Weber wrote: > > >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 > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Jeff Weber address@hidden : > >Unidata Program Center PH:303-497-8676 : > >University Corp for Atmospheric Research 3300 Mitchell Ln : > >http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/jweber Boulder,Co 80307-3000 : > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Unidata Support wrote: > > > > > > > >>------- Forwarded Message > >> > >> > >> > >>>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 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>------- End of Forwarded Message > >> > >> > >> > >> > >