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<DIV>Hi Arlindo,</DIV>
<DIV>I renamed the gfs file extension to grib2 and tried again. Received the same windows error as before. </DIV>
<DIV>Then I tried running g2gdf.pl </DIV>
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<DIV>P:\>set PATH=c:\Program Files\PCGrADS19\win32;%PATH%</DIV>
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<DIV>P:\>g2gdf.exe -verf c:\grib\hires_input\gfs_t12z.grib2</DIV>
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<DIV>same Windows dialogue error pops up here </DIV>
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<DIV>P:\>g2gdf.pl -verf c:\grib\hires_input\gfs_t12z.grib2</DIV>
<DIV> g2gdf - control file/inventory for "g2" extension</DIV>
<DIV> Descriptor: c:\grib\hires_input\gfs_t12z.gdf<BR> Inventory: c:\grib\hires_input\gfs_t12z.inv<BR> Data Dir: c:\grib\hires_input\<BR> Grib files: gfs_t12z.grib2</DIV>
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<DIV>Can't open perl script "g2ctl.pl": No such file or directory<BR>cannot create c:\grib\hires_input\gfs_t12z.gdf --- is g2ctl.pl on path? at c:\Program Files\PCGrADS19\win32\g2gdf.pl line 54.</DIV>
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<DIV>P:\></DIV>
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<DIV>I verified that all the exe and pl files are present and in my path...</DIV>
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<DIV>Probably need the perl .dll . If I can get to it today I'll let you know, otherwise I'll wait till this evening for you to provide it.</DIV>
<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>On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Mark Sponsler <<A href="mailto:msponsler@comcast.net" target=_blank>msponsler@comcast.net</A>> wrote:<BR>
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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><BR>I don't have access to WIndows during the day; I can make this DLL available to you tonight, or else install Strawberry Perl from the link I sent before.<BR> </DIV>
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<DIV>So then I tried running the perl version. Here's the result:</DIV>
<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><BR>Strange. For a test, can you rename your file "gfs.12z.grib2" and try it again? <BR><BR> Thanks,<BR><BR> Arlindo<BR></DIV></DIV><BR><BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Arlindo da Silva<BR><A href="mailto:dasilva@alum.mit.edu" target=_blank>dasilva@alum.mit.edu</A> </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>