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Re: 20021227: Access to Mcidas files from OS/2 (cont.)

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  • Subject: Re: 20021227: Access to Mcidas files from OS/2 (cont.)
  • Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 15:32:37 -0600
I'll rerun and get the info you need...In the meantime you can access the
machine (tornado.usask.ca) eripley/dachshund but not at the moment
apparently because of running SFCCON until I reboot...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Unidata Support" <address@hidden>
To: "Earle" <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 12:40 PM
Subject: 20021227: Access to Mcidas files from OS/2 (cont.)


> >From: Earle <address@hidden>
> >Organization: University of Saskatchewan
> >Keywords: 200212152209.gBFM9w412746 McIDAS-OS2
>
> Earle,
>
> >The results were 26 lines in yellow, some of which I reproduce below:---
> >
> >
> >SFCCON GetConfigDefaultHandle () starting
> >                     "                                    opening
SFCCUNUSER
> >                     "                                    opening
SFCCONSITE
> >                     "                                    opening
SFCCONCORE
> >                     "                                    return code
is -
> >100002
> >[the above lines were repeated 3 times}
> >Number of Dataset Names = 1
> >RTPTSRC SFCHOURLY BPOS=0 EPOS=0 VERSION=1
> >ipad = 1997370752
> >reading nbytes = 256
> >echo_type status =
> >Source type = ISFC
> >PTCON RTPTSRC/SFCHOURLY GRA=5 etc........
> >
> >Is this enough to give you a clue to what's happening???
>
> Unfortunately, the important part of the output is after what you
> sent.  I should have remembered that it would be difficult for you to
> capture the output from the SFCCON invocation and mail it to me,
> sorry.
>
> The following should make it easier for you to give me the complete
> output from SFCCON:
>
> SFCCON T USA DEV=TTT SFCCON.OUT
>
> This will send all textual output to the file 'SFCCON.OUT', and that
> file will be in the McIDAS working directory on your OS/2 machine.
> Now, which directory that really is I can't remember, but I think it is
> the mcidas/data directory (it has been a long time since I worked on an
> OS/2 system, and I have forgotten a lot about how things were setup).
> You should be able to find out what directory is the McIDAS working
> directory by typing
>
> !pwd
>
> from the Text and Command window.
>
> After you are able to locate the output file, you will need to email
> its contents back to me.
>
> It strikes me that there might be a way for me to get on your machine
> so I can look around.  You would have had to setup a telnet daemon
> to allow this, however.  Can your machine be accessed by telnet?
> If so, what is the machine name and user/password?  If telnet was
> not setup, what about FTP?
>
> Tom
>
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