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[McIDAS #GXY-149445]: Read order of MD file record

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  • Subject: [McIDAS #GXY-149445]: Read order of MD file record
  • Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 15:48:23 -0600
Hi Kwan,

re:
> I think I do not want to just use DEC=NO since this will plot data at all
> of the 3 reported times for both stations.

Yup, that is correct.

re:
> So the only alternative is to
> read/copy the data in the MD file and then somehow save them in reverse
> order.

I don't think that is what you want to do as time will be used in 
the search, and time increases not decreases.

re:
> I can only think of listing the data in text format and then pipe
> them into the 'tac' Unix command then run TXT2MD.

Hmm...

re:
> Can you think of a more direct alternative?

Nothing comes to mind, sorry.

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: GXY-149445
Department: Support McIDAS
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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