20000605: McIDAS batch file won't run from crontab

>From: Gilbert Sebenste <address@hidden>
>Organization: NIU
>Keywords: 200006031813.e53IDIT00341 McIDAS-X shell script

Gilbert,

>I see what you mean, but the following script gives me nothing but errors:
>
>
>stty: standard input: Inappropriate ioctl for device
>SF: Command not found.
>EG: Command not found.
>EG: Command not found.
>EU: Command not found.
>EU: Command not found.
>GU: Command not found.
>IMGDISP: Command not found.
>REM: Command not found.
>REM: Command not found.
>MAP: Command not found.
>EU: Command not found.
>EU: Command not found.
>GU: Command not found.
>SVGIF: Command not found.
>Unmatched ".
>
>
>Here is the script, modified:

>#!/bin/sh -f
>MCHOME=/home/mcidas
>MCDATA=$MCHOME/workdata
>MCLOG=$MCDATA/scour.log
>MCPATH=${MCDATA}:$MCHOME/data:$MCHOME/help
>PATH=$MCHOME/bin:$PATH
>exec 2>$MCLOG 1>&2
>LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:/lib:$MCHOME/lib:/usr/lib
>cd $MCDATA
>MCPATH=$MCPATH PATH=$PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH mcenv << 'EOF'
>...

You are still mixing Unix shell scripting with McIDAS BATCH syntax.  You have
two options:

1) put the McIDAS commands you list into a McIDAS BATCH file that exists
   in a directory in your MCPATH:

/home/mcidas/workdata/CFDG.BAT::

SF 1
EG 1
EG I 1
EU REST IMAGE2
EU REST IMAGE2
GU MAKE 2 50 0 0 
IMGDISP RTGINI/GE1KVIS STA=EAR 1 WID=9
REM IMGDISP RTGINI/GW1KVIS STA=DSM 1 WID=9
REM IMGDISP G8-GHCC/VIS STA=VTN MAG=1 -2 1 WID=9
MAP VH 2
EU REST IMAGE2
EU REST IMAGE2
GU MAKE 2 50 0 0
FRMSAVE 1 CFDG
OS "mv /home/mcidas/workdata/CFDG.GIF /home/httpd/html/cfdg.gif
MAP SAT 2 COU=ALL 
FRMSAVE 1 CFDG2
OS "mv /home/mcidas/workdata/CFDG2.GIF /home/httpd/html/cfdg2.gif
REM
REM This is floater #2
SF 1
EG 1
EG I 1
EU REST IMAGE2
EU REST IMAGE2
GU MAKE 2 50 0 0
IMGDISP RTGINI/GE1KVIS STA=UIN 1 WID=9
REM IMGDISP RTGINI/GW1KVIS STA=OKC 1 WID=9
REM IMGDISP G8-GHCC/VIS STA=LBF MAG=1 -2 1 WID=9
MAP VH 2
EU REST IMAGE2
EU REST IMAGE2
GU MAKE 2 50 0 0
FRMSAVE 1 CFDG
OS "mv /home/mcidas/workdata/CFDG.GIF /home/httpd/html/cfdg3.gif
MAP SAT 2 COU=ALL
FRMSAVE 1 CFDG2
OS "mv /home/mcidas/workdata/CFDG2.GIF /home/httpd/html/cfdg4.gif
EG 1
EG I 1
REM This is floater #3
SF 1
EG 1
EG I 1
EU REST IMAGE2
EU REST IMAGE2
GU MAKE 2 50 0 0
IMGDISP RTGINI/GE1KVIS STA=SQI 1 WID=9
REM IMGDISP RTGINI/GW1KVIS STA=OKC 1 WID=9
REM IMGDISP G8-GHCC/VIS STA=SJT MAG=1 -2 1 WID=9
MAP VH 2
EU REST IMAGE2
EU REST IMAGE2
GU MAKE 2 50 0 0
FRMSAVE 1 CFDG
OS "mv /home/mcidas/workdata/CFDG.GIF /home/httpd/html/cfdg5.gif
MAP SAT 2 COU=ALL
FRMSAVE 1 CFDG2
OS "mv /home/mcidas/workdata/CFDG2.GIF /home/httpd/html/cfdg6.gif
EG 1
EG I 1

Execute the commands in CFDG.BAT from a shell script kicked off by cron:

#!/bin/sh -f
MCHOME=/home/mcidas
MCDATA=$MCHOME/workdata
MCLOG=$MCDATA/scour.log
MCPATH=${MCDATA}:$MCHOME/data:$MCHOME/help
PATH=$MCHOME/bin:$PATH
exec 2>$MCLOG 1>&2
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:/lib:$MCHOME/lib:/usr/lib
cd $MCDATA
MCPATH=$MCPATH PATH=$PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH mcenv << 'EOF'
batch.k CFDG.BAT
exit
EOF
exit 0

If you intend to write a number of McIDAS BATCH scripts that you want
run from cron, then generalize the Unix shell script to accept a command
line argument that is the name of the McIDAS BATCH file:

Unix shell script named mcbatch.sh

#!/bin/sh -f
MCHOME=/home/mcidas
MCDATA=$MCHOME/workdata
MCLOG=$MCDATA/scour.log
MCPATH=${MCDATA}:$MCHOME/data:$MCHOME/help
PATH=$MCHOME/bin:$PATH
exec 2>$MCLOG 1>&2
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:/lib:$MCHOME/lib:/usr/lib
cd $MCDATA
MCPATH=$MCPATH PATH=$PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH mcenv << 'EOF'
batch.k $1
exit
EOF
exit 0


This would be executed like:

mcbatch.sh CFDG.BAT


2) rewrite the commands that you want in Unix shell script format:

#!/bin/sh -f
MCHOME=/home/mcidas
MCDATA=$MCHOME/workdata
MCLOG=$MCDATA/scour.log
MCPATH=${MCDATA}:$MCHOME/data:$MCHOME/help
PATH=$MCHOME/bin:$PATH
exec 2>$MCLOG 1>&2
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:/lib:$MCHOME/lib:/usr/lib
cd $MCDATA
MCPATH=$MCPATH PATH=$PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH mcenv << 'EOF'

sf.k 1
eg.k B 1
eu.k REST IMAGE2
eu.k REST IMAGE2
gu.k MAKE 2 50 0 0 
imgdisp.k RTGINI/GE1KVIS STA=EAR 1 WID=9
# imgdisp.k RTGINI/GW1KVIS STA=DSM 1 WID=9
# imgdisp.k G8-GHCC/VIS STA=VTN MAG=1 -2 1 WID=9
map.k VH 2
eu.k REST IMAGE2
eu.k REST IMAGE2
gu.k MAKE 2 50 0 0
frmsave.k 1 CFDG
mv /home/mcidas/workdata/CFDG.GIF /home/httpd/html/cfdg.gif
map.k SAT 2 COU=ALL 
frmsave.k 1 CFDG2
mv /home/mcidas/workdata/CFDG2.GIF /home/httpd/html/cfdg2.gif

# This is floater #2

sf.k 1
eg.k B 1
eu.k REST IMAGE2
eu.k REST IMAGE2
gu.k MAKE 2 50 0 0
imgdisp.k RTGINI/GE1KVIS STA=UIN 1 WID=9
# imgdisp.k RTGINI/GW1KVIS STA=OKC 1 WID=9
# imgdisp.k G8-GHCC/VIS STA=LBF MAG=1 -2 1 WID=9
map.k VH 2
eu.k REST IMAGE2
eu.k REST IMAGE2
gu.k MAKE 2 50 0 0
frmsave.k 1 CFDG
mv /home/mcidas/workdata/CFDG.GIF /home/httpd/html/cfdg3.gif
map.k SAT 2 COU=ALL
frmsave.k 1 CFDG2 GRA=1
mv /home/mcidas/workdata/CFDG2.GIF /home/httpd/html/cfdg4.gif

REM This is floater #3
sf.k 1
eg.k B 1
eu.k REST IMAGE2
eu.k REST IMAGE2
gu.k MAKE 2 50 0 0
imgdisp.k RTGINI/GE1KVIS STA=SQI 1 WID=9
# imgdisp.k RTGINI/GW1KVIS STA=OKC 1 WID=9
# imgdisp.k G8-GHCC/VIS STA=SJT MAG=1 -2 1 WID=9
map.k VH 2
eu.k REST IMAGE2
eu.k REST IMAGE2
gu.k MAKE 2 50 0 0
frmsave.k 1 CFDG
mv /home/mcidas/workdata/CFDG.GIF /home/httpd/html/cfdg5.gif
map.k SAT 2 COU=ALL
svgif.k 1 CFDG2 GRA=1
mv /home/mcidas/workdata/CFDG2.GIF /home/httpd/html/cfdg6.gif
eg.k B 1

exit
EOF

# done
exit 0

In the above, I have done the following:

o changed the syntax so that the Unix shell script will run the actual
  McIDAS commands (e.g., eg.k instead of EG)

o changed the 'EG 1' followed by 'EG I 1' to 'EG B 1'

o changed SVGIF to frmsave.k (svgif.k/SVGIF is a command that is being
  sunsetted in 7.7; for more information on commands that will be sunset,
  please refer to:

  http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/mcidas/mcx/sunset.html

o changed 'OS "' use to use of simple Unix commands


One question:  You are running the EU command twice in a row.  I believe
that the reason you are doing this is to insure that the enhancement
is correctly restored to the frame; true?  If so, you might want to know
that:

o this is caused on systems running in 24-bit (actually, non-8-bit) mode
o this has been fixed in McIDAS-X 7.7 (the release that I am working on
  right now and expect to have ready by the end of July/beginning of
  August)


Tom