20050603: Surface MD file is not generated in a RedHat Linux system

>From: Eirh-Yu Hsie <address@hidden>
>Organization: CU/CIRES
>Keywords: 200506032148.j53LmYZu017997 McIDAS-XCD configuration

Hi Hsie,

>I need help to find out why the surface MD files are not generated in 
>RedHat EL3.0 Linux system (rainbow.al.noaa.gov):
>
>rainbow:[101]% ls -l MDXX*
>-rw-rw-r--    1 ldm      unidata   6612312 Jun  3 05:16 MDXX0013
>-rw-rw-r--    1 ldm      unidata   5781896 Jun  3 15:38 MDXX0014
>-rw-rw-r--    1 ldm      unidata   1457904 Jun  3 03:06 MDXX0023
>-rw-rw-r--    1 ldm      unidata   1276672 Jun  3 15:38 MDXX0024
>-rw-rw-r--    1 ldm      unidata   5134144 Jun  3 15:13 MDXX0033
>-rw-rw-r--    1 ldm      unidata   4630432 Jun  3 15:40 MDXX0034
>-rw-rw-r--    1 ldm      unidata   2215544 Jun  3 08:00 MDXX0044
>-rw-rw-r--    1 ldm      unidata   8858712 Jun  3 15:34 MDXX0053
>-rw-rw-r--    1 ldm      unidata   8848296 Jun  3 15:40 MDXX0054
>-rw-rw-r--    1 ldm      unidata    187756 Jun  3 12:17 MDXX0055
>-rw-rw-r--    1 ldm      unidata   5983352 Jun  3 08:20 MDXX0063
>-rw-rw-r--    1 ldm      unidata   5465632 Jun  3 15:40 MDXX0064
>-rw-rw-r--    1 ldm      unidata   1552384 Jun  2 17:37 MDXX0083
>-rw-rw-r--    1 ldm      unidata   1552384 Jun  3 15:37 MDXX0084
>-rw-rw-r--    1 ldm      unidata  15298560 Jun  2 18:07 MDXX0093
>-rw-rw-r--    1 ldm      unidata  15298560 Jun  3 15:38 MDXX0094
>-rw-rw-r--    1 ldm      unidata   7070300 Jun  3 09:25 MDXX0104
>-rw-rw-r--    1 ldm      unidata   7070300 Jun  2 16:22 MDXX0113
>-rw-rw-r--    1 ldm      unidata   7070300 Jun  3 10:32 MDXX0114

I would remake the *.RAT files in the XCD output directory since your
listing of .RAT files below does not include the file SAOMETAR.RAT.
Then I would delete the file DCLSTIDX.PTR from the ~mcidas/workdata
directory.

Here is the sequence I recommend trying:

<as 'ldm'>
ldmadmin stop

<as 'mcidas'>
cd workdata
rm DCLSTIDX.PTR
tl.k XCDDATA              <- make sure that XCDDATA is still defined
dmap.k SCHEMA             <- make sure that SCHEMA can be found in the
                             XCD output directory
batch.k XCD.BAT
batch.k XCDDEC.BAT
dmap.k \*.RAT             <- make sure you have a full set of .RAT files

<as 'ldm'>
ldmadmin start

>I would like to know the difference in file size from 2 system (Solaris 
>and Linux):
>
>Sun SPARC:
>
>blizzard:[82]% ls -l *RAT
>-rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      unidata  50331460 Jun  3 09:25 ETAMOS.RAT
>-rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      unidata  50331300 Jun  3 08:00 FOUS14.RAT
>-rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      unidata  50331460 Jun  3 10:32 GFSMOS.RAT
>-rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      unidata  50331460 Jun  3 15:25 RAOB.RAT
>-rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      unidata  50331460 Jun  3 15:44 SAOMETAR.RAT
>-rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      unidata  50331460 Jun  3 15:44 SYNOPTIC.RAT
>-rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      unidata  50331460 Jun  3 15:45 TERMFCST.RAT
>
>RedHat EL3.0 Linux:
>
>rainbow:[102]% ls -l *RAT
>-rw-rw-r--    1 ldm      unidata   3757620 Jun  3 09:25 ETAMOS.RAT
>-rw-rw-r--    1 ldm      unidata   2282660 Jun  3 08:00 FOUS14.RAT
>-rw-rw-r--    1 ldm      unidata   8464500 Jun  3 10:32 GFSMOS.RAT
>-rw-rw-r--    1 ldm      unidata   1432740 Jun  3 15:25 RAOB.RAT
>-rw-rw-r--    1 ldm      unidata   4490420 Jun  3 15:45 SYNOPTIC.RAT
>-rw-rw-r--    1 ldm      unidata   8149780 Jun  3 15:46 TERMFCST.RAT

Hmm... I had never noticed that the files were different sizes on
Solaris and Linux.  I don't know why this is the case, but  I can
verify, however, that I see the same thing here at the UPC:

motherlode.ucar.edu (Sun Solaris SPARC 5.9):
% dmap.k \*.RAT
PERM      SIZE LAST CHANGED FILENAME     DIRECTORY
---- --------- ------------ ------------ ---------
-rw-  50331460 Jun 04 09:17 ETAMOS.RAT   /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas
-rw-  50331460 Jun 04 08:02 FOUS14.RAT   /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas
-rw-  50331460 Jun 04 10:29 GFSMOS.RAT   /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas
-rw-  50331460 Jun 04 13:37 RAOB.RAT     /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas
-rw-  50331460 Jun 04 13:48 SAOMETAR.RAT /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas
-rw-  50331460 Jun 04 13:47 SYNOPTIC.RAT /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas
-rw-  50331460 Jun 04 13:48 TERMFCST.RAT /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas
352320220 bytes in 7 files

dhcp9.unidata.ucar.edu (Fedora Core 3 Linux):
$ dmap.k \*.RAT
PERM      SIZE LAST CHANGED FILENAME     DIRECTORY
---- --------- ------------ ------------ ---------
-r--  29051060 Jun 04 12:23 ETAMOS.RAT   /data/ldm/mcidas
-r--  10652340 Jun 04 01:13 FOUS14.RAT   /data/ldm/mcidas
-r--  39158580 Jun 04 01:28 GFSMOS.RAT   /data/ldm/mcidas
-r--   8328260 Jun 04 16:38 RAOB.RAT     /data/ldm/mcidas
-r--  50331460 Jun 04 16:49 SAOMETAR.RAT /data/ldm/mcidas
-r--  26511860 Jun 04 16:48 SYNOPTIC.RAT /data/ldm/mcidas
-r--  33361380 Jun 04 16:50 TERMFCST.RAT /data/ldm/mcidas
197394940 bytes in 7 files

Cheers,

Tom
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