Newbie questions!

[Richard Ellis]

Wen,
Just a thought but it could be the permissions on the .ctl file.
Cheers,
Richard

>>> fangwen at CLIMATE.CESTM.ALBANY.EDU 14/11/2005 16:01:47 >>>
Hi, everyone
I have the same problem. I installed GrADS on my local directory of  SUN workstation. I can execute "grads" command under my  any directory, but when I try to run  the sample (come with  tutorial ), whose all of document--.ctl, .dat , .gmp and .grb documents be under the grads directory, I can not open the model.ctl, the error message is: Scanning  description file:  model.ctl
> Open Error:  Can't open description file`

so could anyone help me? I am first time to use GrADS. I want to learn more from all of you.

WEN


----- Original Message -----
From: Bob <gradshelp at ROGERS.COM>
Date: Monday, November 14, 2005 10:11 am
Subject: Newbie questions!

> Hi all,
>
> I`ve never used Grads before, so it`s a completely new ball game
> for me!! The most ambitious I`ve been is to use a desktop utility
> likes DAWS!
>
> I have several questions to ask, where the answers could not be
> found on the Cola homepage.
>
> I would like to install Grads on my server, mainly so I can ingest
> and display grib data/model charts on my website. What kind of
> server loads would I be looking at here? I need to know, whether
> my server can cope with it it!! Can someone shed some light on
> using Grads on a redhat linux based server?
>
> Secondly, I haven`t looked through any of the documentation as
> yet. I thought it might be a good idea to install the windows
> version locally on my W2K PC first, so I can get an idea of how
> Grads works.
>
> I believe I have it installed correctly, but I can`t even get off
> the starting block!! I tried to open the demo model.ctl file that
> comes with the online tutorial - all I get are errors `Scanning
> description file:  model
> Open Error:  Can't open description file`
>
> Do I need to place the ctl, grib and gmp in a certain folder? All
> the tutorial says is download them and place them locally. Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> Ron.