g2ctl (not making .idx file)

[Wesley Ebisuzaki]

Hi,

 The error message is saying that gribmap does not understand grib2.
You are using an old version of gribmap.

         Wesley Ebisuzaki


Ji-Yun SEO wrote:
> Hi Grads users!!!
>
>  I tried to display GFS file with g2ctl and gribmap command.
> "g2ctl  gfs.grib2 > test.ctl"
> "gribmap -i test.ctl "
>
> But these error massage came out...
> -----------------------------------------------
> open Error:  Data file type invalid
>   --> The invalid description file record is:
>   --> dtype grib2
>   The data file was not opened
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> My GrADS version is "grads-2.0.a6" and I also have wgrib2
>
> I also tried to " g2ctl gfs.grib2 gfs.grib2.idx > test.ctl",
>
> .idx file was not generated.
>
> I am very grateful if somebody give me the solution!!!
> Thank you in advance~
>