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<DIV>Hi Arlindo,</DIV>
<DIV>I installed the new perl and exe code in the win32 directory. Also downloaded the gfs file you reccomended (saved as gfs.12z). Fired up the cmd prompt, set my path as usual and then tried to execute:</DIV>
<DIV> g2gdf.exe -verf gfs.t12z.</DIV>
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<DIV>Dialogue box pops up indicating the following Windows error:</DIV>
<DIV>G2gdf.exe - Unable to Locate Component</DIV>
<DIV>This application has failed to start because perl510.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.</DIV>
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<DIV>So then I tried running the perl version. Here's the result:</DIV>
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<DIV>>set PATH=c:\Program Files\PCGrADS19\win32;%PATH%</DIV>
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<DIV>>g2gdf.exe -verf gfs.12z</DIV>
<DIV>Error message dialogue box pops up as previously documented </DIV>
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<DIV>>g2gdf.pl -verf gfs.12z<BR>cannot find any GRIB-2 file at c:\Program Files\PCGrADS19\win32\g2gdf.pl line 124.</DIV>
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<DIV>>g2gdf.pl gfs.12z<BR>cannot find any GRIB-2 file at c:\Program Files\PCGrADS19\win32\g2gdf.pl line 124.</DIV>
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<DIV class=signature id=signature>--<BR>Thanks, <BR>Mark</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: Arlindo da Silva <dasilva@ALUM.MIT.EDU> <BR>Mark,<BR><BR> Please download g2gdf/g2ctl, .pl and .exe versions, from:<BR><BR> <A href="http://opengrads.org/devel/win32/">http://opengrads.org/devel/win32/</A><BR><BR> Then grab a gfs forecast, say<BR><BR> <A href="ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/gfs/prod/gfs.2008041512/gfs.t12z.pgrb2bf06">ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/gfs/prod/gfs.2008041512/gfs.t12z.pgrb2bf06</A><BR><BR>and try this (.exe version):<BR><BR>g2gdf -verf gfs.t12z.pgrb2bf06<BR><BR> I'd expect the attached .gdf/.inv files to be produced. Start grads and type<BR><BR>ga-> g2_open gfs.t12z.pgrb2bf06.gdf<BR>ga-> set lev 825<BR>ga-> d g2(tmpprs)<BR><BR> Does it work for you? The plot is attached. I tr
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is with Strawberry perl, another native Win32 build:<BR><BR> <A href="http://strawberryperl.com/">http://strawberryperl.com/</A><BR><BR> The same should work with ActiveState perl. Let me know if it doesn't, and I'll install it and give it a try. However, the .exe files were created with Strawberry perl and should work as is --- no need for perl to be installed on your machine at all.<BR><BR> Good Luck,<BR><BR> Arlindo<BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>Arlindo da Silva<BR><A href="mailto:dasilva@alum.mit.edu">dasilva@alum.mit.edu</A> </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>