display error in windows version grads-2.0.a5

Valerio Guerra meteo at SPORT123.IT
Wed Mar 18 08:02:11 EDT 2009


Arlindo da Silva wrote:
> Dear Windows Users of GrADS v2.0,
>
> Just a reminder: if you are using the Win32 Superpack of
> grads-2.0.a5.oga.3 (ZIP version, the only available right now), make
> sure to set your PATH variable as explained in the
> "Getting_Started.html" document, in particular if you want to start
> grads from the command line; see below.

Hi Arlindo,

just a little addendum which could be useful for some user...
On my Windows Vista I had to set the following environment variable:

set GADDIR=g:\meteo\grads2\data

to avoid missing data errors like the following:
> Open Error on Map Data Set: /cygdrive/Resources/SupportData/lowres
> Contouring: 1000 to 1035 interval 5
> Error opening stroke character data set
>  Data set names = /cygdrive/Resources/SupportData/font0.dat ; font0.dat

Obviously users should substitute the command above with own grads2 data directory.

Valerio Guerra



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