Re: mc desciptor file under solaris

[Ansley Manke <manke@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,
Brent and I got this sorted out outside the users list -- the answer is 
that for Solaris there needs to be a space a the start of any comment 
lines in the descriptor file, and also at the start of lines that begin 
with $

We'll add to the documentation a description of the differences in 
descriptor files for different operating systems!

Ansley Manke

Brent A McDaniel wrote:

> Hi Ferreters,
>
> I'm trying to open severel netcdf files using ferret.  I've done this 
> before with the same data files under linux ferret with no difficulty but 
> under solaris it doesn't want to work.  I've tweaked the .des file that I 
> used under linux so that it complies with the f77 namelist format but 
> still no success.  
> The error message:
> yes? set data uppvpp.des
> **TMAP ERR: Error in namelist record
>             Didn't find: FORMAT_RECORD; or file not descriptor file
>             Data set: ./uppvpp.des
>
>
> The .des file:
>
> $FORMAT_RECORD
>  D_TYPE               = '  MC',
>  D_FORMAT             = '  1A',
>  D_SOURCE_CLASS       = 'MODEL OUTPUT',  
> $END
> $BACKGROUND_RECORD
>  D_EXPNUM             = '0000',
>  D_MODNUM             = '  00',
>  D_TITLE              = 'NCEP reanalysis, Daily averages',
>  D_T0TIME             = '30-DEC-0000 00:00:00',
>  D_TIME_UNIT          = 3600.,
>  D_TIME_MODULO        = .FALSE.,
> $END
> $MESSAGE_RECORD
>  D_MESSAGE            = ' ',
>  D_ALERT_ON_OPEN      = F,
>  D_ALERT_ON_OUTPUT    = F,
> $END
> $EXTRA_RECORD
> $END
>
> $STEPFILE_RECORD
>  S_FILENAME         = "/data2/gte328r/ncep/temp/des/uppvpp.1957.nc.1957",
>  S_AUX_SET_NUM      = 0,
>  S_START            = 17145984.,
>  S_END              = 17154720.,
>  S_DELTA            = 24.,
>  S_NUM_OF_FILES     = 1,
> $END
> ...... many more files 
> $STEPFILE_RECORD
>  s_filename           = '**END OF STEPFILES**'
> $END
>
>
> Anyone see anything obvious that I'm missing?  I've just started using 
> Ferret w/Solaris so it might be something obvious.
>
> BTW, I tried with the linux naming scheme as well, (using & instead of $ 
> and / instead of $END, still no luck).
>
> More info:
> NOAA/PMEL TMAP
>        FERRET v5.40  
>        Solaris 5.6 - 02/15/02
>        19-Aug-02 16:24     
> running under BASH if that makes a difference.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brent