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Hi Fred, Sorry for not responding earlier. We had some IDD issues come up today that required immediate attention... re: > Within the IMGCOPY command, there are the options for specifying the date and > time range > of the desired image. For the date, one can use DAY=#Y. The time option is > TIME= btime > etime. The current time is available in #H in hh:mm:ss format. My question > is directed > to Tom. How can one use the string table # capabilities to compute a time > from several > minutes ago to so many minutes into the future? I do this kind of thing in a McBASI script. re: > I know how to do this within a program, > but I don't see how to do that with command line controls which Ken can use > in his > Mcidas scheduler. Using the current time in the copy command (rather than > using options > such as RTIme or Cycle) is the only way I can see to eliminate the future > data from the > selections for copying. I will dig up the McBASI script that does this kind of thing and send it to you in a separate email. This will likely not be until tomorrow or Monday, but I have to let you know that I am flying to Madison, WI on Sunday afternoon to attend the MUG meeting starting on Monday at noon, so my responses may be slower than I would like. 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: GEJ-957244 Department: Support McIDAS Priority: Normal Status: Open