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Hi Daryl, > Curiousity kills my cat again. I was finetooth combing some of my code > today and ran into this situation: > > ldmd.conf has: > > EXEC "pqact -f NIMAGE -v pyWWA/pqact-gini.conf" > > my pyWWA/pqact-gini.conf has: > > ### > # Process GINI imagery through a customized python script, send the entire > # pqact name to the decoder for logging purposes > # > # NIMAGE ^(.*TIG(E|W|H|P|A)0. KNES.*)$ > NIMAGE ^(.*)$ > PIPE -close /usr/bin/python pyWWA/gini2gis.py \1 > > When ldm fires up, this gets logged: > > Nov 27 15:15:47 laptop pqact[11620] NOTE: Starting Up > Nov 27 15:15:47 laptop pqact[11620] INFO: Successfully read > configuration-file "/home/ldm/pyWWA/pqact-gini.conf" > Nov 27 15:15:47 laptop pqact[11620] NOTE: Starting from insertion-time > 2012-11-27 21:15:45.595316 UTC > Nov 27 15:15:47 laptop pqact[11620] INFO: 20121127211545.595 TS_ENDT > {{NIMAGE, ".*"}} > Nov 27 15:15:47 laptop pqact[11620] INFO: 0 20121127211547.786 > ANY 000 _BEGIN_ > Nov 27 15:15:47 laptop pqact[11620] INFO: pipe: > -close#011/usr/bin/python pyWWA/gini2gis.py _BEGIN_ > Nov 27 15:15:47 laptop pqact[11620] INFO: Deleting closed PIPE entry: > pid=11625, cmd="-close /usr/bin/python pyWWA/gini2gis.py _BEGIN_" > [filel.c:290] > Nov 27 15:15:48 laptop pqact[11620] ERROR: child 11625 exited with status > 1 > > So I am trying to understand this '_BEGIN_' dummpyprod. Or course, I see > where this is coming from in the source code, but I am not sure of the > purpose. Thanks for educating me again... Before it begins regular processing of data-products, pqact(1) will process a product whose identifier is "_BEGIN_" -- providing there's a matching entry in its configuration-file. It's a holdover from when pqact(1) was being developed. > thanks! > daryl > > -- > /** > * Daryl Herzmann > * Assistant Scientist -- Iowa Environmental Mesonet > * http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu > */ Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: TIR-641147 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: Closed