Re: Ferret descriptor files on Linux

[D Shankar <shankar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The descriptor files require a slightly different syntax under linux.
Kevin O'Brien had made available a script for converting the "usual"
descriptor files for use under linux. The script is attached.

Regards, Shankar.

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On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Matthew Harrison wrote:

> I'm running ferret under Linux Mankdrake version 7.1. 
> 
> Ferret descriptors do not appear to work properly with ferretv4.91 or
> ferretv5.11.
> 
> In particular, using the "coads_clim.des" file included in the
> "mc_datasets.tar" bundle, I receive the following error message from
> ferret (v4.91 and v5.11):
> 
>  set dat coads_clim.des
>  **TMAP ERR: Error in namelist record
>              Error in: FORMAT_RECORD; or file not descriptor file
>              Data set: ./coads_clim.des
> 
> (This same descriptor file work on an SGI)
> 
> Has anyone used descriptor files successfully on a linux machine? 
#!/bin/csh
# This shell script is designed to take an existing descriptor file
# and translate it into an acceptable format for linux Ferret.  The reason this
# needs to be done is because linux Ferret was compiled w/ F90, and it 
# uses different formats for namelist reads than does F77.  The usage for
# this script is:
#   
#          linuxize_descriptors descriptor_name > new_descriptor_name
#
# Without the redirect, the new descriptor is written to stdout.  
# 
# It is also possible that the "filter" below will not completely linuxize 
# every descriptor out there.  Some non-TMAP customizations may be missed, and 
# will cause errors when attempting to read the descriptor into ferret.  
# In that case, edits will need to be made to the sed command below to include
# the required substitution, deletion, etc.
#
# kob  6/97 - kobrien@pmel.noaa.gov

if ( $#argv != 1 ) then
	echo "    Usage:  linuxize_descriptors descriptor_name"
	echo "    Example:  linuxize_descriptors coads.des"
	exit 1
endif

ls $argv[1]  >& /dev/null

if ($status) then
	echo "File "$argv[1]" does not seem to exist. "
	echo "Exiting..............."
	exit 1
endif

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