Hi Martha, re: > We are having a problem with the MD/POINT data. While the decoders have > files open (determined using the unix "lsof" command) and these files > are being modified, it appears that the files are not being overwritten > after the 10 files for a particular data type have been created. McIDAS-XCD decoders write to the end of MDXX files until the files reach their maximum size (as defined in their schema). You must scour the files _before_ they get to be 10 days old, otherwise you will have the exact situation you are inquiring about. > That > is, while files MDXX0008, MDXX0018, MDXX0028 etc are the current files, > the PTLIST command shows the files contain data for day 78 rather than > day 88, which is today. > > What am I doing wrong? Not scouring the files. Do the following: <as 'ldm'> cp ~mcidas/workata/mcscour.sh ~ldm/util -- edit mcscour.sh and make changes like you did for xcd_run (environment variables, log file output, number of MD files to keep, etc. NB: the number of MDXX files you can keep is limited to 9 -- create a crontab entry that runs your edited copy of mcscour.sh once per day shortly after midnight UTC -- run mcscour.sh by hand to scour out old data files At this point, since you have 10 days of data on disk, you will need to delete today's MDXX files and let them get populated with data from today. There is no easy way to resurrect today's data from the end of the files being written to. > Thank you. No worries. By the way, I am currently in Burkina Faso (Africa) where the Internet connection is not so hot. Given this, my ability to quickly respond to inquiries is limited. 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: TZT-994675 Department: Support McIDAS Priority: Normal Status: Closed
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