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Gilbert,
Does the PATH variable in the output of "ldmadmin config" reference the
directories that contain the utilities?
> Hi Steve,
>
> On 5 of my 6 LDM machines, this works:
>
> WMO ^ASUS63 KLOT ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9]).*/pRTPIL
> EXEC make_index domestic/weather/tempprecip.(\1:mmm)\1 KLOT
> (\1:yy)(\
> 1:mmm)\1\2
>
> On one, it says it cannot find the script "make index". I have it pathed
> to /usr/local/bin, but it is also in /home/ldm and /home/ldm/etc.
> Pqact still cannot find it. What am I doing wrong?
>
> ep 17 17:00:14 weather3 flood.atmos.uiuc.edu[28929] NOTE: LDM-6 desired
> product-class: 20150917215914.626 TS_ENDT {{DIFAX|FNEXRAD|FSL2|UNIWISC,
> ".*"},{NONE, "SIG=a72875d7a2948a06ebff87cab9a8fe63"}}
> Sep 17 17:00:14 weather3 pqact[7936] ERROR: No such file or directory
> Sep 17 17:00:14 weather3 pqact[7936] ERROR: [filel.c:1552] Couldn't
> execute decoder "pngg2gini"
> Sep 17 17:00:14 weather3 pqact[7936] NOTE: Exiting
> Sep 17 17:00:14 weather3 pqact[28910] ERROR: pbuf_flush(): fd=1022: Broken
> pipe
> Sep 17 17:00:14 weather3 pqact[28910] ERROR: Deleting failed PIPE entry:
> pid=7936, cmd="-close pngg2gini -vl /home/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
> /home/data/nexrad/NEXRCOMP/4km/ntp/ntp_20150917_2200"
>
> Sep 17 17:00:08 weather3 pqact[7722] ERROR: No such file or directory
> Sep 17 17:00:08 weather3 pqact[7722] ERR
Regards,
Steve Emmerson
Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: ADA-874007
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed