[gradsusr] g2ctl gribmap error: Data file type invalid

[Jennifer Adams]

What version of GrADS are you running, what operating system are you  
running on, and what is the output from q config ?--Jennifer

On Nov 18, 2010, at 12:42 AM, saiguran loisulie wrote:

> Hi
>
> I used the g2ctl script to generate a ctl file for a grb2 data file  
> successfully.
>
> But when I tried:
> gribmap -0 -i pgbh01.gdas.197904.ctl
>               AND
> gribmap -v -b -i pgbh01.gdas.197904.ctl
>
> I got this error message:
>
> Open Error:  Data file type invalid
>   --> The invalid description file record is:
>   --> dtype grib2
>   The data file was not opened.
>
> Here is part of my ctl file content
>
> dset ^pgbh01.gdas.197904.grb2
> index ^pgbh01.gdas.197904.grb2.idx
> undef 9.999E+20
> title pgbh01.gdas.197904.grb2
> #
> #
> #
> dtype grib2
> ydef 361 linear -90.000000 0.5
> xdef 720 linear 0.000000 0.500000
> tdef 1 linear 00Z01apr1979 1mo
>
> Any idea what might be wrong?
>
> Thanks,
> saiguran
>
> Saiguran Loisulie
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