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>From: Craig Motell <address@hidden> >Organization: NOAA >Keywords: 200008011056.e71AtxT06617 McIDAS-X fx mccomp Craig, >Thank you for your help on this, even though I didn't get the answers I >wanted. I feel bad that I did not give you the help you were looking for. Here are a couple of things: I never use fx. I usually add code directly to the distribution makefile and am then able to do things like: make xyz.o make xya.k This bypasses the fx route completely. The reason that I add things to the distribution makefile is that as far as my users are concerned, I am the originating source. You, on the other hand, are not, so it makes more sense for you to build your code outside of the McIDAS source tree. I would suggest, however, that you should probably implement a makefile in your source directory that mimics the McIDAS makefile. In this case, you would be running mccomp directly. OK, on to mccomp. I don't know why you are getting the message from mccomp that you are getting. I can suggest, however, that you can see what the gcc and/or mcfc command line to be run is and run it by hand. This way you could get to the bottom of your compilation problem without going through the fx/mccomp layers. >I am using both Unidata and Wisconsin stuff at the same time. I guess you can >say I go both ways with the software. :-) >I have a very interesting software code >that determines or I should say estimates the windspeeds in a hurricane using >McIdas GOES area files. I got this directly from Wisconsin. I also want to >modify this code for my own use on "unidata" based code; therefore, I'm trying >to learn how these things work (i.e., fx, mccomp, mcfc, etc). OK, I understand. >I'll ask the scientist from SSEC questions then! He isn't a unidata support >person but who knows. OK. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Tom >From address@hidden Thu Aug 3 11:15:48 2000 >Subject: Re: 20000801: Excellent tips Dear Tom: Thank you for your hints. I will try them today. I appreciate your effort on a problem that is not your! > OK. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. > P.S., I would discard this last comment! :) > Sincerely, Craig Motell NWS-HFO-UH-PRC