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>From: "Paul L. Sirvatka" <address@hidden> >Organization: COD >Keywords: 200310010159.h911xYk1012897 McIDAS REDIRECT LWPATH.NAM EXAMPLE.NAM Hi Paul, >About a week ago something went wrong with our system and all of a sudden >our scripted McIDAS commands were not working. Upon some investigation, I >found out that the redirection file had been lost. So, ~mcidas/workdata/LWPATH.NAM got deleted? >I used the XCD >... something file to restore it and the satellite functions were >fixed. All my virt files and bat files among others was not looking in the >correct directories. Anyway, after fixing this, all the point source data >ended up not working. So when I run a command like SFCPLOT it says no >PTSRC data. I use McIDAS so infrequently, I do not know where to begin to >fix this. Can you help? Sure, I can help. The first thing is to make sure that you are trying to use the data locally and not from a remote server: <as 'mcidas'> cd ~mcidas/workdata dataloc.k LIST If the datasets are LOCAL-DATA, or if they are pointing to your own machine, then the next step is to figure out where the POINT files (MDXX) are stored on your system. For sake of argument, let's assume that they are located in /data/ldm/mcidas. You need to make sure that you have a REDIRECTion for all of the files: redirect.k ADD MDXX\* \"/data/ldm/mcidas Next, test this to make sure you can actually see the files: dmap.k MDXX If this is OK, you should be able to run your SFCPLOT (sfcplot.k) invocation with no problems. If you still have problems, we need to make sure that you did not lose your dataset definitions: dsserve.k LIST If you are missing dataset definitions, you need to recreate them. The McIDAS installation instructions instructs sites to make a local copy of the dataset definition file DSSERVE.BAT and to adjust definitions in the local copy: cd ~mcidas/data cp DSSERVE.BAT LSSERVE.BAT <edit LSSERVE.BAT and set things to match your installation>< Then, make the dataset definitions active: cd ~mcidas/workdata batch.k LSSERVE.BAT >Thanks Please let me know if you still hagfe problems. >Paul > >PS...I signed up for the GEMPAK workshop. Am I waiting for a >confirmation? I would like to get my airline ticket. I was not aware that you had signed up for the GEMPAK workshop. I will pass this along for action. Tom >From address@hidden Tue Sep 30 20:17:14 2003 Thanks Tom. I will check this out tomorrow. Don't know why the file went away. Strange. All I know is that McIDAS did not know where anything was. Paul ****************************************************************************** * Paul L. Sirvatka | Office: (630) 942-2118 M149B * * Professor of Meteorology | COD Weather Lab: (630) 942-2590 * * College of DuPage | Address: 425 Fawell Blvd. Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 * ******************************************************************************