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Dave, > I just changed the entry METAR entry to hardwire the path. I did not change > all the other entries. > > dicast12:ldm>ll /home/ldm/util/metar2nc > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 ldm ldm 62718 Oct 21 2015 /home/ldm/util/metar2nc* > > I get the same error. I turned on debug and here are a number of the pqact > log entries" > > 20160505T232831.321177Z pqact[150150] ERROR filel.c:2800:reap() Child 150401 > exited with status 9 > 20160505T232831.321191Z pqact[150150] ERROR filel.c:425:fl_removeAndFree() > Deleting failed PIPE entry: pid=150401, cmd="/home/ldm/util/metar2nc -t 30 -l > logs -d data/dec_data/obs/metar etc/metar.cdl" > 20160505T232837.621638Z pqact[150150] ERROR filel.c:2800:reap() Child 150404 > exited with status 9 > 20160505T232837.621652Z pqact[150150] ERROR filel.c:425:fl_removeAndFree() > Deleting failed PIPE entry: pid=150404, cmd="/home/ldm/util/metar2nc -t 30 -l > logs -d data/dec_data/obs/metar etc/metar.cdl" > 20160505T232840.683237Z pqact[150150] ERROR filel.c:2800:reap() Child 150425 > exited with status 9 > 20160505T232840.683253Z pqact[150150] ERROR filel.c:425:fl_removeAndFree() > Deleting failed PIPE entry: pid=150425, cmd="/home/ldm/util/metar2nc -t 30 -l > logs -d data/dec_data/obs/metar etc/metar.cdl" > 20160505T232850.066966Z pqact[150150] ERROR filel.c:2800:reap() Child 150428 > exited with status 9 > 20160505T232850.066983Z pqact[150150] ERROR filel.c:425:fl_removeAndFree() > Deleting failed PIPE entry: pid=150428, cmd="/home/ldm/util/metar2nc -t 30 -l > logs -d data/dec_data/obs/metar etc/metar.cdl" > 20160505T232902.464891Z pqact[150150] ERROR filel.c:2800:reap() Child 150432 > exited with status 9 > 20160505T232902.464914Z pqact[150150] ERROR filel.c:425:fl_removeAndFree() > Deleting failed PIPE entry: pid=150432, cmd="syn2nc -t 120 -l logs -d > data/dec_data/obs/synoptic etc/syn.cdl" > 20160505T232904.472639Z pqact[150150] ERROR filel.c:2800:reap() Child 150441 > exited with status 9 > 20160505T232904.472656Z pqact[150150] ERROR filel.c:425:fl_removeAndFree() > Deleting failed PIPE entry: pid=150441, cmd="syn2nc -t 120 -l logs -d > data/dec_data/obs/synoptic etc/syn.cdl" > 20160505T232908.707286Z pqact[150150] ERROR filel.c:2800:reap() Child 150487 > exited with status 9 > 20160505T232908.707301Z pqact[150150] ERROR filel.c:425:fl_removeAndFree() > Deleting failed PIPE entry: pid=150487, cmd="/home/ldm/util/metar2nc -t 30 -l > logs -d data/dec_data/obs/metar etc/metar.cdl" > 20160505T232910.024950Z pqact[150150] ERROR filel.c:2800:reap() Child 150490 > exited with status 9 > 20160505T232910.024972Z pqact[150150] ERROR filel.c:425:fl_removeAndFree() > Deleting failed PIPE entry: pid=150490, cmd="/home/ldm/util/metar2nc -t 30 -l > logs -d data/dec_data/obs/metar etc/metar.cdl" > 20160505T232910.532452Z pqact[150150] ERROR filel.c:2800:reap() Child 150511 > exited with status 9 > 20160505T232910.532467Z pqact[150150] ERROR filel.c:425:fl_removeAndFree() > Deleting failed PIPE entry: pid=150511, cmd="/home/ldm/util/metar2nc -t 30 -l > logs -d data/dec_data/obs/metar etc/metar.cdl" > 20160505T232910.647518Z pqact[150150] ERROR pbuf.c:113:pbuf_flush() Broken > pipe > 20160505T232910.647524Z pqact[150150] ERROR pbuf.c:113:pbuf_flush() Couldn't > write to pipe: fd=8, len=4096 > 20160505T232910.647526Z pqact[150150] ERROR filel.c:1701:pipe_put() Couldn't > write 3161312-byte product to pipe > 20160505T232910.647527Z pqact[150150] ERROR filel.c:1886:pipe_out() Couldn't > write product data to pipe > 20160505T232910.647528Z pqact[150150] ERROR filel.c:1948:pipe_prodput() > Couldn't pipe product to decoder "mos2nc -l logs/lamp2nc.20160505.asc > etc/lamp_mos.cdl > data/dec_data/mos/lamp_mos/20160505/lamp_mos.20160505.2300.nc" > 20160505T232910.647529Z pqact[150150] ERROR filel.c:425:fl_removeAndFree() > Deleting failed PIPE entry: pid=150514, cmd="mos2nc -l > logs/lamp2nc.20160505.asc etc/lamp_mos.cdl > data/dec_data/mos/lamp_mos/20160505/lamp_mos.20160505.2300.nc" > 20160505T232910.647590Z pqact[150150] ERROR filel.c:2800:reap() Child 150514 > exited with status 9 > 20160505T232920.260008Z pqact[150150] ERROR filel.c:2800:reap() Child 150517 > exited with status 9 > 20160505T232920.260028Z pqact[150150] ERROR filel.c:425:fl_removeAndFree() > Deleting failed PIPE entry: pid=150517, cmd="/home/ldm/util/metar2nc -t 30 -l > logs -d data/dec_data/obs/metar etc/metar.cdl" > 20160505T232924.552525Z pqact[150150] ERROR filel.c:2800:reap() Child 150522 > exited with status 9 > 20160505T232924.552556Z pqact[150150] ERROR filel.c:425:fl_removeAndFree() > Deleting failed PIPE entry: pid=150522, cmd="/home/ldm/util/metar2nc -t 30 -l > logs -d data/dec_data/obs/metar etc/metar.cdl" Is the file /home/ldm/logs/lamp2nc.20160505.asc a log file? If so, does it contain anything relevant? I don't know the metar2nc(1) program. What does the option "-l logs" mean? I'm concerned because "logs" appears to be a directory. Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: RQD-888533 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: Closed