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Hi Paul, re: > I am haing problems with our surface MDXX file. Everything in the upper > air is working. I remove the MDXX0001 file so that none others exits and > restart ldm. I don't quite understand why you removed MDXX0001. > That file gets written to quickly but then it never > grows in size although the time stamp updates. Plus it is the 0001 file > and not the corret Julian day. Hmm... very strange. > Is this a SCHEMA problem or a decoder problem? I think that it may be a bit of both. > Scratching my head because ith has been a long time! Here is what I recommend doing (note that the following is brute force): <as 'ldm'> ldmadmin stop <as 'mcidas'> cd $MCDATA rm DCLSTIDX.PTR *.ERR *.IDM tl.k XCDDATA <- remind yourself of where the decoders will write their output, for the purpose of illustration, let's assume that the output directory is /data/ldm/mcidas cd /data/ldm/mcidas rm IDXALIAS.DAT *.IDX *.RAP *.RAT *.XCD rm MDXX<the file for the current Julian day> cd $MCDATA dmap.k ROUTE.SYS <- should point to /data/ldm/mcidas AND read/write mode should be 664 dmap.k SYSKEY.TAB <- should point to /data/ldm/mcidas AND read/write mode should be 664 dmap.k SCHEMA <- should point to /data/ldm/mcidas AND read/write mode should be 664 NOTE: - the dmap.k is done to make sure that your McIDAS setup is pointing to a copy in /data/ldm/mcidas - the file permissions on ROUTE.SYS, SYSKEY.TAB, and SCHEMA need to be such that both 'mcidas' and 'ldm' can read/write the files! - SYSKEY.TAB should be 24000 bytes in size route.k LIST <- make sure that you get a good listing cp ../data/SCHEMA /data/ldm/mcidas <- check the read/write mode of SCHEMA decinfo.k LIST <- make sure that the decoders you want to run are listed as being active batch.k XCD.BAT batch.k XCDDEC.BAT <- after running this you should have files in /data/ldm/mcidas with the .RAP <as 'ldm'> ldmadmin start Again, the procedure above is heavy weight -- it forces everything to start anew. Please let me know if this helped. 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: DXX-994121 Department: Support McIDAS Priority: Normal Status: Closed