GrandDods line 1083 problem

[Mark Sponsler]

Eyal,
I had the same problem and it took a long time to figure out, but the fix is simple.
Directly under your root drive create a empty directory named "tmp".
So if GRADs is installed on your c drive, create c:\tmp

Even if there is already a directory named c:\temp, create the new one anyway.

Everything should work fine after that.  You can search the GRADs User Group on-line archives using the string "failed assertion stream" to find all the details of why this solves the problem.
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Thanks,
Mark

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> Hi,
>
> Lately I have downloaded and installed latest Grads from here:
> http://www.iges.org/grads/downloads.html
>
> When I run gradsdods.exe, after the two windows open, I type the following
> command:
>
> sdfopen
> http://nomad3.ncep.noaa.gov:9090/dods/reanalyses/reanalysis-1/6hr/pgb/pgb
>
> and get the following message before the program shut down automatically:
>
> Scanning self-describing file:
> http://nomad3.ncep.noaa.gov:9090/dods/reanalyses/reanalysis-1/6hr/pgb/pgb
> assertion "stream" failed: file "Connect.cc", line 1083
> 4 [sig] GradsDODS 1684 open_stackdumpfile: Dumping stack trace to
> GRADS~1.dll.stackdump
>
> My Grads version is: v1.8SL11 32-bit for windows and I run in parallel
> X-win32 5.4, but I get the same error message even when I run the program
> that does not require X server for windows.
> My OS version is WinXP PRO SP2, but I got the same error message after
> installing Grads on Win 98SE and win 2000 (and on a Linux machine as well).
> Even trying connecting from different networks didn't help (or while being
> completely disconnected from the net), same message again.
> Trying to connect to any of the other servers gets the same error message
> and even when I use any other url such as http://www.hotmail.com, for
> instance.
>
> GradsNC.exe seems to work properly. I can open files and produce maps.
>
> Googling about this problem didn't help.
>
> Does anyone have an idea what causes this problem, why it seems like I'm the
> only one who has it (regardless what OS, computer or network I use) and what
> I can to in order to be able to solve this problem?
>
> I'll be glad to hear any new suggestions, since I've run out of them.
>
> Thanks a lot in advance!
>
> Eyal.
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