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Hi Da-Lin, re: > Prof. Pinker's group has used MCIDAS as a tool for their research > during the past few years. They has recently experienced some > difficulties with the package. I would appreciate your assistance in > addressing their following questions: > > Where to obtain a list of error codes? Some lists are in the online > documentation, but they don't seem to be complete. ADDE error codes can be found in the file ~mcidas/mcidas<ver>/src/adderror.doc, where <ver> is the version of the software. For example: ~mcidas/mcidas2004/src/adderror.doc ~mcidas/mcidas2005/src/adderror.doc > For example, these are the errors they are getting when trying to > access data from our local server: > > Data service module problem, RC= -1 > Call to MCAGET failed; returned -98 > We have found a list of error codes for MCAGET, but "-98" is not in > the list. The "-98" return is listed in adderror.doc as being: -98 CXOUT CXCOMM could not find program module - install err From my experience, this typically indicates that some executable has gotten damaged. The quickest way to address the problem would be to rebuild the distribution: <as 'mcidas'> cd ~mcidas/mcidas<ver>/src make clobber make -- or -- make all make install -- or -- make install.all > Da-Lin Zhang, Professor > Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Science Telephone: (301) 405-2018 > 2419 Computer & Space Science Building Fax: (301) > 314-9482 > University of Maryland Email: > address@hidden > College Park, Maryland 20742-2425 http://www.meto.umd.edu/ > ~dalin/ Cheers, Tom **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: IRA-241852 Department: Support McIDAS Priority: Normal Status: Closed