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Hi Gilbert, > To: General Support <address@hidden> > From: Gilbert Sebenste <address@hidden> > Subject: Another request for LDM 6.4.5 > Organization: NIU > Keywords: 200512101847.jBAIlK7s025891 LDM feature request The above message contained the following: > Another request for an addition to 6.4.5. This one is to cover a mistake > when I remake the queues, but forget to make pqsurf.conf: > > Dec 10 18:39:21 weather3 pqsurf[11759] ERROR: pq_open failed: > /home/ldm/data/pqsurf.pq: No such file or direct > ory > Dec 10 18:39:21 weather3 weather2[11767] NOTE: Upstream LDM-6 on > weather2.admin.niu.edu is willing to be a pri > mary feeder > Dec 10 18:39:21 weather3 flood[11766] NOTE: Upstream LDM-6 on > flood.atmos.uiuc.edu is willing to be an alterna > te feeder > Dec 10 18:39:22 weather3 weather2[11769] NOTE: Upstream LDM-6 on > weather2.admin.niu.edu is willing to be a pri > mary feeder > Dec 10 18:39:22 weather3 pqsurf[11759] NOTE: Exiting > Dec 10 18:39:22 weather3 rtstats[11760] NOTE: Exiting > Dec 10 18:39:22 weather3 weather2[11765] NOTE: SIGTERM > Dec 10 18:39:22 weather3 flood-1[11763] NOTE: SIGTERM > Dec 10 18:39:22 weather3 flood[11766] NOTE: SIGTERM > Dec 10 18:39:22 weather3 128.174.80.47[11768] NOTE: SIGTERM > Dec 10 18:39:22 weather3 weather2[11767] NOTE: SIGTERM > Dec 10 18:39:22 weather3 striker2[11771] NOTE: SIGTERM > Dec 10 18:39:22 weather3 weather2[11769] NOTE: SIGTERM > Dec 10 18:39:22 weather3 flood-0[11761] NOTE: SIGTERM > Dec 10 18:39:22 weather3 weather2[11764] NOTE: SIGTERM > Dec 10 18:39:22 weather3 f5[11770] NOTE: SIGTERM > Dec 10 18:39:22 weather3 weather2[11762] NOTE: SIGTERM > (etc.) > Any chance that this could be more graceful, like just shutting down > pqsurf, or better yet, perhaps not start the LDM at all (do a check > somehow to make sure both files are there first)? I sympathize. The problem is that there's no way for the ldmadmin(1) script to know if the LDM server is going to start something that requires the existence of the pqsurf(1) configuration-file. Checking whether the $surf_path or $surf_size variables are set won't do it because they're set by default (though not used by default). Consequently, most installations would break. This is why I always advise executing the command "ldmadmin watch" after starting the LDM system -- so that you know that nothing untoward happened during startup. > ******************************************************************************* > Gilbert Sebenste ******** > (My opinions only!) ****** > Staff Meteorologist, Northern Illinois University **** > E-mail: address@hidden *** > web: http://weather.admin.niu.edu ** > ******************************************************************************* Regards, Steve Emmerson > NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the > Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available > through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made > available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.