Running GrADS on Windows XP

[Lincoln Muniz]

Morgan,
Try to put the path, like DSET /cygdrive/c/Morgan/fort.2200
Regards,
Lincoln

Morgan Silverman wrote:

> Hello,
> I am trying to run GrADS on Windows XP with Cygwin. I downloaded grads-
> 1.8sl11-xwin32.exe and am able to open GrADS so I see the display window
> and prompt. I am unable to open my data file though.
>
> When I type
> ga -> open /cygdrive/c/Morgan/wind22.ctl
> I get this...
> Scanning description file: /cygdrive/c/Morgan/wind22.ctl
> Open Error: Can't open binary data file
>   File name = fort.2200
>
> I have used these exact same files (wind22.ctl and fort.2200) on a linux
> machine and have no problem opening them with GrADS. I'm not sure if I'm
> missing something for it to work on windows or not. My .ctl file looks
> like this...
>
> DSET    fort.2200
> UNDEF   -9.99E33
> TITLE    BASIC MOUNTAIN TEST
> XDEF 128 LINEAR  -64.0 1.0
> YDEF  1  LINEAR   0.0 1.0
> ZDEF 81  LINEAR   0.0 0.35
> TDEF 1 LINEAR 08:00Z30APR1997 01HR
> VARS    7
> U1      81   99   U1
> V1      81   99   V1
> W1      81   99   W1
> PT      81   99   POT. TEMP.
> PRE     81   99   PRESSURE
> ZG      81   99   ZG
> ZT      81   99   ZT
> ENDVARS
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you might have.
>
> Sincerely,
> Morgan Silverman

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Lincoln M. Alves
Meteorologista - Grupo de Previsao Climatica
CPTEC/INPE
+55 12 3186-8580


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