Can bufrscan read NCEP's prepbufr files?

[Masters.Steve]

I am trying to have bufrscan read the prepbufr file created by NCEP.  When I sent the file to bufrscan, I get the output listed below.  I've tried this on Solaris using grads v1.9 and on Linux using version 2.0.  I've also tried blocking and unblocking the bufr file using cwordsh.  Is there any special processing I need to do to read these files with bufrscan?

Actually, I'm looking for ANY way to read and dump the prepbufr data on our 64-bit linux systems.  My attempts at building the bufr libraries and example programs from NCEP (and others) have not been successful.

Steve Masters    masters.steve at ensco.com
ENSCO, Inc.
Melbourne, FL USA


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bufrscan --header ~/grads/opengrads/Resources/SupportData/tables test.prepbufr | more

>>> processing message 0
>>> start of message
1 03 000  (replicate next 3, not including replication count)
0 31 001  (replication count)
0 00 001  (numeric)  Table A  entry
0 00 002  (numeric)  Table A  data category description line 1
0 00 003  (numeric)  Table A  data category description line 2
1 01 000  (replicate next 1, not including replication count)
0 31 001  (replication count)
3 00 004  (sequence)
  3 00 003  (sequence)
    0 00 010  (numeric)  F descriptor to be added or defined
    0 00 011  (numeric)  X descriptor to be added or defined
    0 00 012  (numeric)  Y descriptor to be added or defined
  0 00 013  (numeric)  Element name line 1
  0 00 014  (numeric)  Element name line 2
  0 00 015  (numeric)  Units name
  0 00 016  (numeric)  Units scale sign
  0 00 017  (numeric)  Units scale
  0 00 018  (numeric)  Units reference sign
  0 00 019  (numeric)  Units reference value
  0 00 020  (numeric)  Element data width
1 05 000  (replicate next 5, not including replication count)
0 31 001  (replication count)
3 00 003  (sequence)
  0 00 010  (numeric)  F descriptor to be added or defined
  0 00 011  (numeric)  X descriptor to be added or defined
  0 00 012  (numeric)  Y descriptor to be added or defined
2 05 064  (operator)
1 01 000  (replicate next 1, not including replication count)
0 31 001  (replication count)
0 00 030  (numeric)  Descriptor defining sequence

<<< end of messagewarning: can't read 256-bit data value; max is 32
warning: can't read 256-bit data value; max is 32
warning: can't read 256-bit data value; max is 32
warning: can't read 256-bit data value; max is 32
warning: can't read 256-bit data value; max is 32
...
warning: can't read 192-bit data value; max is 32
warning: can't read 80-bit data value; max is 32
warning: can't read 256-bit data value; max is 32
warning: can't read 256-bit data value; max is 32
warning: can't read 192-bit data value; max is 32
warning: can't read 80-bit data value; max is 32
warning: can't read 256-bit data value; max is 32
warning: can't read 256-bit data value; max is 32
warning: can't read 192-bit data value; max is 32
warning: can't read 80-bit data value; max is 32
warning: can't read 256-bit data value; max is 32

...and so on until the program stops...



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