[gradsusr] Downloading and configuring wgrib2 and g2ctl

[Justin Hicks]

Thank you. I thought something else was being referred to. I think the
issue is with the way wgrib2 or g2ctl was downloaded, so I'll go back and
check.

-Justin

On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Jeff Duda <jeffduda319 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Once you have the file in your directory, it works just like grib2ctl.pl:
>
> ./g2ctl DATA_FILE > control_file.ctl
>
> Jeff Duda
>
> On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 1:09 PM, Justin Hicks <jhicks2014 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> How would I use that file to make the control file? That's what I'm
>> confused about.
>>
>> -Justin
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 12:25 PM, <dzengiz.tafa at telenet.be> wrote:
>>
>>> First you have to compile wgrib2 if you don't have it, then you have to
>>> download the file g2ctl <ftp://ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/wd51we/g2ctl/g2ctl>
>>> & use that file to make the control file. (Make sure you have perl
>>> installed)
>>>
>>> Then you can follow the steps listed here:
>>> http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/wesley/g2ctl.html
>>>
>>> Hope this helps.
>>>
>>> Grtz
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> *Van: *"Justin Hicks" <jhicks2014 at gmail.com>
>>> *Aan: *"GrADS Users Forum" <gradsusr at gradsusr.org>
>>> *Verzonden: *Maandag 4 januari 2016 17:21:03
>>> *Onderwerp: *[gradsusr] Downloading and configuring wgrib2 and g2ctl
>>>
>>> Dear GrADS Users,
>>>
>>> I have a few GRIB2 files I need to convert into control files. I know
>>> the process of doing so is different than with GRIB files. I tried to
>>> download and follow directions to configure wgrib2 and g2ctl, but I'm not
>>> sure where I went wrong. I keep getting the error message 'command not
>>> found'. I'm using CentOS for this. Does anyone have any idea how to get
>>> GRIB2 files to work with GrADS?
>>>
>>> -Justin
>>>
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