[las_users] automatic update of data file

[Hartmut Frenzel <frenzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello LAS users and developers,

on my LAS
http://quercus.igpp.ucla.edu:8080/las/servlets/dataset

I have one data set (Santa Monica Pier Station) that points to a data 
file which is updated automatically every day. However, I can access 
only data up to the date since I last ran "make" in the server directory 
(Dec 21, 2005). The configuration file for this data set, which is 
referred to in las.xml, looks like this:

<datasets>
	<id-7bc351d153 name="Santa Monica Pier Station"
	url="file:/usr/data/SCCOOS/sm_pier.nc"
generator="LASNetCDF.pm">
    <variables>
      <temp-id-7bc351d153 name="Temperature" units="degC" url="#temp">
        <link match="/lasdata/grids/grid-lon-lat-time-id-7bc351d153" />
      </temp-id-7bc351d153>
    </variables>
  </id-7bc351d153>
</datasets>
<grids>
  <grid-lon-lat-time-id-7bc351d153>
    <link match="/lasdata/axes/lon-x-id-7bc351d153" />
    <link match="/lasdata/axes/lat-y-id-7bc351d153" />
    <link match="/lasdata/axes/time-t-id-7bc351d153" />
  </grid-lon-lat-time-id-7bc351d153>
</grids>
<axes>
  <lon-x-id-7bc351d153 type="x" units="degrees_east">
    <v>-118.499</v>
  </lon-x-id-7bc351d153>
  <lat-y-id-7bc351d153 type="y" units="degrees_north">
    <v>34.008</v>
  </lat-y-id-7bc351d153>
  <time-t-id-7bc351d153 type="t" units="hours"
  display_lo="2005-Apr-04" display_hi="2006-Dec-31">
  <arange start="2005-Apr-04" size="100000" step="1"/>
  </time-t-id-7bc351d153>
</axes>


-> The date range is to the end of 2006, so this is not the problem. It 
seems that the range is fixed whenever I run "make".

Is there a way to have it extended automatically to whatever the latest 
entry in the netcdf data file is?


Thanks in advance,
-- Hartmut


P.S.: I think it would be more helpful if on page
http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/LAS/ferret_LAS.html

in paragraph

Where do I get help using LAS?
    Help is available through a users email list, the email list 
archives, and answers to frequently asked questions.

the "email list archives" link pointed to

http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/marc-search.cgi

instead of

http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/mail_archives/las_users/fu_2000/threads.html