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Hi Gilbert, I'm jumping in with an observation... > On weather and > weather3.admin.niu.edu, I have this entry in my pqact.conf: > > NEXRAD3 ^SDUS5. .... ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])([0-5][0-9]).*/p(N0Q)(...) > FILE wsr88d/\5/(\1:yy)(\1:mm)\1\2\3.n0q > > Looks good, right? Actually, the ~ldm/etc/pqact.conf file on weather has this action, but the ~ldm/etc/pqact.conf file on weather had (had because I just changed it): NEXRAD3 ^SDUS5. .... ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])([0-5][0-9]).*/p(N0Q)(...) FILE -v wsr88d/\5/(\1:yy)(\1:mm)\1\2\3.n0q The flag to the FILE action to force it to log is '-log': http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/ldm/ldm-current/basics/pqact.conf.html The impact of adding '-v' is that you have a '-v' directory in ~ldm: /home/ldm% ls ls: unparsable value for LS_COLORS environment variable bin@ data/ decoders/ domestic@ etcbackup/ include@ ldm-6.13.1/ ldm-mcidas/ mail/ mosaic/ niurad@ nsmail/ runtime@ Templates/ -v warnscripts/ ww-src/ check.log dcgrib2.log Desktop/ Download/ gempakscripts/ ldm-6.13.0/ ldm-6.13.1.tar.gz lib@ make_index* Music/ nldn@ Pictures/ share@ usgln@ var/ web@ wxp/ crontabfile dcidft.log Documents/ etc/ hrs@ ldm-6.13.0.tar.gz ldmd.pid logs/ mcidas@ nexrad@ nowrad@ Public/ src@ util@ Videos/ wsr88d/ wxpscripts/ Removing the '-v' from the FILE action should now result in the N0Q files to be written to the ~ldm/wsr88d directory, and that is a link to /home/data/wsr88d/. Cheers, Tom -- **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: OHF-116108 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: Closed =================== 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.