ggrib error

[amelia graziano]

First you need to convert grib2 to grib1 (using cnvgrib) and then you
can use 'ggrib' utility

Ciao

At 17:05 29/02/2008, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>sorry, the previous message had a wrong subject :-(
>
>I'm trying to use the 'ggrib' utility to slice some big grib2 files
>into smaller pieces.
>
>I downloaded the sources
>(ftp://ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/wd51we/gribw/gribw.tar) to my work dir
>(/usr/home/valerio) and then:
>
> > tar xvf gribw.tar
> > cd /usr/home/valerio/gribw
> > make -f gribwlib.make
> > cd /usr/home/valerio/gribw/ggrib
> > make -f ggrib.make
> > chmod 0755 ggrib
>
>Both the compilation of griw and ggrid completed without apparent
>errors. But if I run the following:
>
> > ./ggrib bigfile.grib2 slice.grib2 -170.0 45.0 -170.0 70.0
>
>all what I obtain is the error message:
>
> > No records written, skipped 0
>
>and an empty (0 bytes) 'slice.grib2' file.
>
>I tested it both on FreeBSD 6.1 and 6.3.
>Any ideas, suggestions?
>
>Thank you.
>
>Valerio Guerra