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<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.&nbsp; 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>&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=898461615-27042010><FONT face=Arial 
color=#0000ff size=2>/bin/myfile&nbsp; 1&gt;log.txt&nbsp; 
2&gt;&amp;1</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=898461615-27042010>1 &gt; 
log.txt&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; means send stdout to the file 
log.txt</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN 
class=898461615-27042010>2&gt;&amp;1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
means send stderr (error messages) to the same file as 
stdout.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=898461615-27042010></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</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>
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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>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p>&nbsp;</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>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p>&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;</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 &gt; 
/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>&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p>&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;</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>