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CONDUIT file name format

NCEP file names 

data/nccf/com/nam/prod/nam.YYYYMMDD/nam.tHHz.grididFF.tm00_ext !GRIB_version/ncep/NAM_84/#GGG/YYYYMMDDHHNN/Ffff/parm/level_cord! ######
                                             ^                      ^        ^     ^     ^        ^          ^    ^     ^             ^
                                             |                      |        |     |     |        |          |    |     |             |
                                             |                      |        |     |     |    model date     |  grid    |         grid number
                                          data file name            |     issuing  |   grid                  |parameter |         in original
                                          on file server            |      center  |  number                 |          |         data file
                                                                    |              |                      forecast      |
                                                                data type       model id                    hour    grid level

GRIB1 products

GGG = 212, Grid #212, 40Km Lambert conformal, GRIB_version=grib, gridid = awip3d, ICWF grids use _ext=icwf (to be removed Oct. 30, 2007)
GGG = 216, Grid #216, 45Km Polar Stereographic Alaska sector, GRIB_version=grib, gridid = awipak (to be removed Oct. 16, 2007)
GGG = 104, Grid #104, 90Km Polar Stereographic, GRIB_version=grib, gridid = grbgrd (to be removed Oct. 16, 2007)

GRIB2 products

GGG = 000, Grid #218, 12Km Lambert conformal, GRIB_version=grib2, gridid = awip12, _ext=.grib2 (added Oct. 24, 2006)
GGG = 000, Grid #212, 40Km Lambert conformal, GRIB_version=grib2, gridid = awip3d, _ext=.grib2 (to be added Oct. 16, 2007)
GGG = 000, Grid #216, 45Km Polar Stereographic, GRIB_version=grib2, gridid = awipak, _ext=.grib2 (added Oct. 2, 2007)
GGG = 000, Grid #104, 90Km Polar Stereographic, GRIB_version=grib2, gridid = grbgrd, _ext=.grib2 (added Oct. 2, 2007)
GRIB2 Note: "model date" and "forecast hour" fields are not separated by "/"

LDM patterns for selected processing

# File Using NCEP file names
CONDUIT	^(data/nccf/com/nam.*) !(.*)!
	FILE	data/pub/raw/conduit/\1
#
# Pipe NAM #212 to decoder
CONDUIT    nccf/com/nam.*awip3d
        PIPE    decoder
#
# Pipe NAM #216 to decoder
CONDUIT    nccf/com/nam.*awipak
        PIPE    decoder
#
# Pipe NAM #104 to decoder
CONDUIT    nccf/com/nam.*grbgrd
        PIPE    decoder
#
# Pipe NAM #218 to decoder
CONDUIT    nccf/com/nam.*awip12
        PIPE    decoder


To restrict the above actions to just GRIB2 data during transition period,
append ".*grib2" to the filename portion of the above patterns, eg:

# Pipe NAM #212 to decoder
CONDUIT    /nam.*awip3d.*grib2
        PIPE    decoder
#