GRADS 2 leaving tmp files on Windows 2003

[Jennifer Adams]

Based on the content of the files, I'd say they were created by
wgrib, not GrADS. The grib2 interface in GrADS 2.0 does not create
any temporary files. --Jennifer


On Nov 10, 2008, at 8:19 PM, Arlindo da Silva wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 1:43 PM, Brian Gaze
> <brian.gaze at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Here's the q config output.
>
> This is my build alright.
>
> The build was downloaded from the Open Source grads page.
>
> The tmp files are being created in the top level folder, e.g. c:\
>
>
> Hmm.  Is this hapenning with "gradsdap" or with the regular
> "grads" (not opendap enabled as in the "q config below")? OPeNDAP
> does create temporary files for caching.  I was expecting these
> temp files to be created under C:\GrADS20\tmp, not C:\.
>
> Jennifer: Do you write any temp file as part of your Grib-2 caching?
>
>   Thank you,
>
>     Arlindo
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Brian
>
>
> ga-> q config
> Config: v2.0.a3.oga.1 little-endian readline printim grib2 netcdf
> hdf4-sds athen
> a
> Grid Analysis and Display System (GrADS) Version 2.0.a3.oga.1
> Copyright (c) 1988-2008 by Brian Doty and the
> Institute for Global Environment and Society (IGES)
> This program is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY
> See file COPYRIGHT for more information.
>
> Built Fri Aug 22 04:50:22 GMTDT 2008 for i686-pc-cygwin
>
> This version of GrADS has been configured with the following options:
>   o Built on a LITTLE ENDIAN machine
>   o Command line editing ENABLED
>       http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html
>   o printim command for image output ENABLED
>       http://www.zlib.net
>       http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
>       http://www.libgd.org/Main_Page
>   o GRIB2 interface ENABLED
>       http://www.ijg.org
>       http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~mdadams/jasper
>       http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/codes/GRIB2
>       g2clib-1.0.4
>   o NetCDF interface ENABLED
>       http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf
>       netcdf "3.6.2" of Aug 18 2008 06:51:42 $
>   o NCSA HDF interface ENABLED
>       http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu
>       HDF4.2r3
>   o Athena Widget GUI ENABLED
>   o OPeNDAP gridded data interface DISABLED
>   o OPeNDAP station data interface DISABLED
>
> For additional information please consult http://iges.org/grads
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Arlindo da Silva
> To: GRADSUSR at LIST.CINECA.IT
> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 5:07 AM
> Subject: Re: GRADS 2 leaving tmp files on Windows 2003
>
> On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Brian Gaze
> <brian.gaze at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm running GRADS 2.0 scripts against GRIB2 files to generate
> charts under Windows 2003 server. These are working ok, but on
> occasion in the route folder of the data volume temporary files are
> being left behind.
>
>
> What is a "route" folder?
>
> For example:
>
> g1300.tmp
> 3KB
> TMP file
>
> Opening these files in Notepad shows the inventory of the files
> which are being downloaded. e.g.
>
> 1:110:vt=2008112018:250 mb:250mb:TMP 100,25000 0,0,0 none
> Temperature [K]
> 2.1:7047:vt=2008112018:250 mb:250mb:UGRD 100,25000 0,2,2 none U-
> Component of Wind [m/s]
> ....
> ....
> X
>
> I know it is safe to delete these temporary files, but can anyone
> suggest why they are being created and being left behind when the
> script has completed?
>
>
> Which build is this? Where did you download your binaries from?
> Please send result of "q config".
>
>    Arlindo
>
> --
> Arlindo da Silva
> dasilva at alum.mit.edu
>
>
>
> --
> Arlindo da Silva
> dasilva at alum.mit.edu

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Jennifer M. Adams
IGES/COLA
4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302
Calverton, MD 20705
jma at cola.iges.org



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