GRADS 2 leaving tmp files on Windows 2003

[Wesley Ebisuzaki]

Brian,

    Yes, it's probably related to running g2ctl on windows.   g2ctl
makes files with the names
such as g[pid].tmp and h[pid].tmp (pid = process identification
number).  I don't see how a file called
3KB or TMP could be made.

            Wesley

Brian Gaze wrote:
> Could it be grib2ctl.pl which is creating these files?
>
> Brian
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Jennifer Adams <mailto:jma at COLA.IGES.ORG>
>     *To:* GRADSUSR at LIST.CINECA.IT <mailto:GRADSUSR at LIST.CINECA.IT>
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, November 11, 2008 2:50 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: GRADS 2 leaving tmp files on Windows 2003
>
>     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 <mailto: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.ece.uvic.ca/%7Emdadams/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 <mailto:dasilva at ALUM.MIT.EDU>
>>             *To:* GRADSUSR at LIST.CINECA.IT
>>             <mailto: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
>>             <mailto: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 <mailto:dasilva at alum.mit.edu>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     --
>>     Arlindo da Silva
>>     dasilva at alum.mit.edu <mailto:dasilva at alum.mit.edu>
>
>     --
>     Jennifer M. Adams
>     IGES/COLA
>     4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302
>     Calverton, MD 20705
>     jma at cola.iges.org <mailto:jma at cola.iges.org>
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