Newbie questions!

[fangwen at CLIMATE.CESTM.ALBANY.EDU]

Thank you, Richard. I opened the model.ctl successfully with absolute path.

WEN

----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Ellis <rjel at CEH.AC.UK>
Date: Monday, November 14, 2005 11:32 am
Subject: Re: Newbie questions!

> 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.
>
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