Hi Iliana,
re:
> When reading the contents of a MD file with PTLIST, how do I direct the
> output to a text/ASCII file?
All output from McIDAS commands is controlled by the DEV= keyword. Here
is the relevant portion of the McIDAS-X User's Guide for reference:
Unidata HomePage
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu
Software -> McIDAS
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/mcidas
Documentation
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/mcidas/#documentation
The user guide is the primary documentation for McIDAS
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/mcidas/current/users_guide/toc.html
Appendicies -> A - Global Keywords
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/mcidas/current/users_guide/GlobalKeywords.html
DEV - routes text output to a device
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/mcidas/current/users_guide/GlobalKeywordsDEV.html
re:
> I've done that in the past, but I had forgotten the exact command syntax.
The DEV= global keyword is something that is easy to forget if you are not
using McIDAS ll of the time.
Simple Example:
PTLIST RTPTSRC/SFCHOURLY PARAM=DAY TIME ID LAT LON T[C] TD[C] DIR SPD FORMAT=X
X X F6.2 F7.2 F54.1 F4.1 SELECT='CO RO' NUM=10 DEV=T ptlist.txt
This will create the file 'ptlist.txt' in the first writable directory in
your MCPATH which in Unidata McIDAS-X is usually ~/mcidas/data for users
other than 'mcidas' and ~mcidas/workdata for the user 'mcidas'.
re:
> Many thanks,
No worries.
Cheers,
Tom
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Ticket ID: OFR-646630
Department: Support McIDAS
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