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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=229212215-27042010>p.s. --> and sometimes its a permission problem that
when run from cron, there is no permission to write to the directory you are
using.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=229212215-27042010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>eithe
way, I sure its something you will solve - and wil be obvious once you know the
answer.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->
<P align=left><B><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial>Ron
Goodson</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca> </SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-ca> </SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-ca><BR></SPAN></P><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Goodson,Ron [Edm] <BR><B>Sent:</B> April
27, 2010 9:21 AM<BR><B>To:</B> 'GrADS Users Forum'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE:
[gradsusr] Gribmap<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=898461615-27042010><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I saw the earlier note about changing directory to the file
with the data. That might be required if your ctl file has a relative path
to the data instead of absolute</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=898461615-27042010><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=898461615-27042010><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>dset ^myfile.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=898461615-27042010><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=898461615-27042010><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Sometimes these problems are because some environment
variable is not set properly when the job is executed by
cron.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=898461615-27042010><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=898461615-27042010><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>The easieset thing to do to find out the error is in the
cron file, set the output for stdout and stderr to a logfile, so you can see
what error message is thrown.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=898461615-27042010><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=898461615-27042010><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>/bin/myfile 1>log.txt
2>&1</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=898461615-27042010>1 >
log.txt means send stdout to the file
log.txt</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=898461615-27042010>2>&1
means send stderr (error messages) to the same file as
stdout.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=898461615-27042010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org
[mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Andrew
Revering<BR><B>Sent:</B> April 26, 2010 11:19 PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'GrADS Users
Forum'<BR><B>Subject:</B> [gradsusr] Gribmap<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">I'm
new to Linux and I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure out why gribmap will
not run when executed as a cron job.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">In
crontab I execute a .sh script that has something that looks
like:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">#!/bin/bash<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">/wrf/wrfems/util/grads/bin/grib2ctl.pl
-verf /wrf/wrfems/runs/float/emsprd/grib/arw_0000.grib >
/wrf/wrfems/runs/float/emsprd/grib/arw_0000.ctl<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">/wrf/wrfems/util/grads/bin/gribmap
-I /wrf/wrfems/runs/float/emsprd/grib/arw_0000.ctl<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">The
last line is the problem child. Note that the script is running, and the first
line in the script (converting GRIB to a CTL file) works, but nothing happens
when trying to execute the gribmap executable.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Also
I should note that if I type that same line in the terminal it DOES work, just
not in crontab.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Any
ideas?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>