[McIDAS #KGS-573992]: compression not working with a couple remote servers

Hi Bob,

re:
> I'm not exactly sure who to send this to

address@hidden is the correct place :-)

re:
> I was running McIDAS-X and I
> noticed that running commands pointing to the RTGOESR group on
> lead.unidata.ucar.edu and atm.ucar.edu doesn't work.  For example, I ran
> these commands:
> 
> DATALOC ADD RTGOESR LEAD.UNIDATA.UCAR.EDU
> DSINFO I RTGOESR MCCOMPRESS=COMPRESS
> 
> This returns an error that no datasets were found.  If I use
> "MCCOMPRESS=NONE" or "MCCOMPRESS=GZIP" then it works fine.  We have seen
> this in the past when server machines don't have Unix "compress" command
> is not on the server.

We have stop installing 'compress' way back when it was copyrighted
software, and given the built-in gzip compression in McIDAS-X, we
see no compelling reason to install it now.

re:
> Just wanted to make you aware of this if you didn't already know.

Why would you want to use 'compress' compression when 'gzip' support
is:

- built into McIDAS-X

- does a better job of compression

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: KGS-573992
Department: Support McIDAS
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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