QRTMDG

Deletes real-time grid or MD files.

Formats

QRTMDG GRID bfile efile numdays
QRTMDG MD bfile efile numdays

Parameters

GRID	deletes grid files
MD	deletes MD files
bfile	beginning file in the range to delete; must end with the number 1
efile	ending file in the range to delete; must end with a zero (default=bfile + 9)
numdays	number of days of real-time data to store online; the range is 2 to 9 (default=4)

Remarks

SSEC recommends scheduling QRTMDG to run at 00:00:01 UTC daily to delete old grid and MD files.

During the first 10 days of each new year, QRTMDG deletes the appropriate files for sites keeping more than five days of data online to ensure that no collisions occur. For example, if a site keeps six days of data online from day 91003, the valid days are 91003, 91002, 91001, 90365, 90364 and 90363. However, a file collision occurs between days 91003 and 90363. To prevent this collision, QRTMDG deletes data from day 90363.

Example

SKE 93129 00:01:00 999999 24 "QRTMDG MD 1 40 4

This example stores the current day's MD data plus the previous three days for MD files in the range 1 to 40. When this command runs on day 93307, all MD files in the range 1 to 40 are deleted except: 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 16, 17, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, 36 and 37.

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