Re: [gembud] Interesting problem with the dcredbook decoder

• To: GEMBUD <gembud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: [gembud] Interesting problem with the dcredbook decoder
• From: Michael James <mjamesis@xxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 08:57:17 -0700

FYI this problem is repeatable on CentOS 5 32bit and is being addressed.

Michael



On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Michael James <mjamesis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Steven,
>
> I tested dcredbook linux64 build with your command and saw no error.
>  Mailbox errors usually mean a GPLT process was not ended (with GPEND).
>  The commad "cleanup -c" will remove all hung processes related to GEMPAK.
>  Try this cleanup before dcredbook again.  If the problem persists, send
> back the output of "ldd $OS_BIN/dcredbook" as there may be a missing
> library.
>
> What what GEMPAK version is this, and did you install a binary or from
> source?
>
> Michael
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 11:53 PM, Steven DeWitt <m4dreflux@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> So let's just say I have a redbook file called something.rb, and I go to
>> decode it with the dcredbook_vg decoder (this happens with all the
>> dcredbook decoders)....
>>
>> dcredbook -v 1 -d ./dcredbook.log 'VG|something.vgf' < something.rb
>>
>> or even:
>>
>> dcredbook -v 1 -d ./dcredbook.log 'VG|%P-YYYYMMDD_HHNN.vgf' < something.rb
>>
>> It fails with this error:
>>
>> [30318] 130306/0127[GEMPLT -1]  NMBRER - Mailbox read.
>> [30318] 130306/0127[GEMPLT -8]  NDVICE - Device not set.
>> [30318] 130306/0127[GG -7]  No map drawn.
>>
>> However if I just did this:
>>
>> dcredbook -v 1 -d ./dcredbook.log 'VG' < something.rb
>>
>> It decodes just fine into a file called vgf.vgf
>>
>> Anytime I put anything into the file name area, it fails, but if it's
>> empty, it works just fine. I'm thinking this might be a bug, as other
>> programs such as GPMAP have no issues with the DEVICE parameter, including
>> when I put a file name in it. In fact, I have no issues with gempak other
>> than this issue.
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• References:
  • [gembud] Interesting problem with the dcredbook decoder
    • From: Steven DeWitt
  • Re: [gembud] Interesting problem with the dcredbook decoder
    • From: Michael James