On Tuesday 26 November 2002 15:53, Anton Chen wrote: > I try to produce the MC description file to converge mutiple NCEP > reanalysis data files by the mkdes tool from > http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/Ferret/Mail_Archives/fu_2002/msg00168.html. But > I still can't use the produced description file. The error message is > -------------------------------------------------------------------- yes? > use ncep_air > **TMAP ERR: Error in namelist record > Error in: FORMAT_RECORD; or file not descriptor > file Data set: ncep_air.des > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > and the following is my ncep_air.des description. Any idea to solve it or I > made somthing wrong? If you are using Linux, as I assume you are, then use the attached file, linuxize_descriptors, to change the des file. This shell script provided by the Ferret developers replaces the `$' in the descriptor file with `\' and `&'. (If you are not using Linux, then I am not suer what the problem is.) Regards, Shankar. -- D. Shankar Physical Oceanography Division, National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa 403 004, India. Ph.: +91-832-2456700 * 4312 (off) +91-832-2453632 (res) FAX: +91-832-2456702/3 e-mail: shankar@darya.nio.org, shankar@csnio.ren.nic.in
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