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Hi Robert, re: > Manually sourcing ~/admin/mcidas_env.csh worked, Excellent! > but why did my .cshrc file not work. Here it is (just > copied from the Unidata page): > > umask 002 > # McINST_ROOT and VENDOR non-conforming shell defines > # # needed to build McIDAS > setenv McINST_ROOT $HOME > setenv VENDOR -gfortran > # > # # NOTE: uncomment the line that sets MySQL_ROOT if you want to > # # build with MySQL support: > # # - leave the value blank if MySQL is installed in a standard > # # location > # # - specify the value as the root directory of the MySQL > # # installation if MySQL is not installed in a standard > # # location > # # setenv MySQL_ROOT TRUE > # > if ( -e $HOME/admin/mcidas_env.csh ) then > source $HOME/admin/mcidas_env.csh > endif > # I have no idea why this code did not result in the sourcing of your .cshrc file ** unless ** the settings on your terminal window did not specify that it is a login window. For instance, if you simply opened a new terminal window (Xterm or terminal) and the settings for new terminal windows did not specify that it was a login window, then .login and .cshrc would not be read. I am in my CentOS environment at the moment, so I am unable to give a blow-by-blow for setting the login window property for a new terminal. I recommend looking at the configuration options for new terminal windows and see if you can find and set the needed setting. 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: NIE-529635 Department: Support McIDAS Priority: Normal Status: Closed