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>From: Russ Rew <address@hidden> >Organization: UCAR Unidata Program >Keywords: 200012181609.eBIG9Ho04720 McIDAS-X XCD Unidata-Wisconsin Russ, >I'm curious why the files in /usr/local/ldm/data/mcidas/ on motherlode >continue to be updated after the MCIDAS feed has stopped. Are these >from decoders or indexing processes that are still working on old data, >or is something else going on? The files you are looking at are produced by the McIDAS-XCD package. These decoders work on the regular FOS (DDS, IDS, PPS, HRS) data that is still flowing in the IDD. The only thing left in the Unidata-Wisconsin datastream (MCIDAS IDD feed type) are the imagery which have indeed stopped. If that feed was up, you would see some current AREA files in the listing for /usr/local/ldm/data/mcidas. > /usr/local/ldm/data/mcidas: > total 5769958 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 187868960 Dec 18 09:08 DD003530.XCD > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 64128 Dec 18 09:08 TST00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 872448 Dec 18 09:08 ZZ00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 504448 Dec 18 09:08 MTR00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 1937408 Dec 18 09:08 SA00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 129054124 Dec 18 09:08 GRID5003 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 33558529 Dec 18 09:08 HRS.SPL > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 121088 Dec 18 09:08 RR300353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 1806336 Dec 18 09:08 SR00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 62080 Dec 18 09:08 WTS00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 4984780 Dec 18 09:08 MDXX0033 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 6423216 Dec 18 09:08 MDXX0053 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 mcidas ustaff 6579972 Dec 18 09:08 SYNOPTIC.RAP > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 33554260 Dec 18 09:08 SYNOPTIC.RAT > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 110592 Dec 18 09:08 FO00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 90112 Dec 18 09:08 FP00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 3968 Dec 18 09:08 RDF00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 25536 Dec 18 09:08 ZFP00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 442368 Dec 18 09:08 FT00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 21952 Dec 18 09:08 NOW00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 110592 Dec 18 09:08 TAF00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 mcidas ustaff 4896388 Dec 18 09:08 TERMFCST.RAP > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 33554260 Dec 18 09:08 TERMFCST.RAT > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 2432 Dec 18 09:08 FTP00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 42240 Dec 18 09:07 RR100353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 114496 Dec 18 09:07 SWR00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 30365936 Dec 18 09:07 MDXX0003 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 mcidas ustaff 34780676 Dec 18 09:07 SAOMETAR.RAP > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 33554260 Dec 18 09:07 SAOMETAR.RAT > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 4200328 Dec 18 09:07 MDXX0013 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 1074432 Dec 18 09:07 MDXX0023 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 19328 Dec 18 09:07 AFD00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 32768 Dec 18 09:07 FX00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 306624 Dec 18 09:07 RR700353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 2368 Dec 18 09:07 RVS00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 921600 Dec 18 09:07 SM00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 260928 Dec 18 09:07 SPE00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 629568 Dec 18 09:07 MET00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 4162216 Dec 18 09:07 MDXX0063 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 35648 Dec 18 09:07 WRK00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 24576 Dec 18 09:07 AB00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 5952 Dec 18 09:07 HRR00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 323584 Dec 18 09:07 UJ00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 12992 Dec 18 09:07 RR500353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 17984 Dec 18 09:07 RRA00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 13888 Dec 18 09:07 TID00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 27264 Dec 18 09:07 OSO00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 3904 Dec 18 09:07 PIR00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 10304 Dec 18 09:07 PRC00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 102400 Dec 18 09:07 UA00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 34779360 Dec 18 09:07 GRID5463 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 20480 Dec 18 09:07 FZ00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 1728 Dec 18 09:07 HSF00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 6272 Dec 18 09:07 SEV00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 32768 Dec 18 09:07 WW00353.IDX > -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm ustaff 8320 Dec 18 09:06 ADX00353.IDX > ... Tom -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ * Tom Yoksas UCAR Unidata Program * * (303) 497-8642 (last resort) P.O. Box 3000 * * address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 * * Unidata WWW Service http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/* +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+