Re: file error from write_matrix

It indeed was the tilda. Thanks Dave!
Bryan

Dave Allured wrote:
> Bryan,
>
> I think it might be the tilde at the start of your filename. The Unix
> command interpreter knows what to do with it; IIRC, in general NCL and
> other languages do not. I have fallen into this trap myself at
> times. ;-)
>
> Other possibilities are misspelling in path (check carefully); missing
> lower level directory; missing write permission for directory;
> previous file with same name exists. HTH.
>
> Dave Allured
> CU/CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center (CDC)
> http://cires.colorado.edu/science/centers/cdc/
> NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Climate Analysis Branch (CAB)
> http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/
>
> Bryan K Woods wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I am trying to write a 2D matrix to an ASCII file but am encountering
>> some sort of file related error. When I print the matrix to the
>> screen, it seems to work as expected. However, I get an error when I
>> try to print to file.
>>
>> Here is a snippet of my code:
>>
>> print("Compiling summary...")
>>
>> ;put data into object to be written to ASCII file
>> data = transpose((/ fltnum, st, et, et-st, av_palt, av_p, av_ws,
>> av_wd, av_trk, av_wi, av_xo3, av_galt, \
>> av_T, av_rho, mx_wi, mn_wi, mx_theta, mn_theta, mx_palt,
>> mn_palt, MFx, MFy, \
>> EF, av_Bern, Kh, Kz, O3flux, mx_pdEta, mn_pdEta, PE, KEhp,
>> av_uA, av_vA /))
>> datadim = dimsizes(data) print("Saving data info summary...")
>> printVarSummary(data)
>>
>> fmtx = datadim(0)+"f12.4"
>> opt = True
>> opt_at_title = "fltnum, st, et, et-st, av_palt, av_p, av_ws, av_wd,
>> av_trk, av_wi, av_xo3, av_galt, av_T, av_rho, mx_wi, mn_wi, mx_theta,
>> mn_theta, mx_palt, mn_palt, MFx, MFy, EF, av_Bern, Kh, Kz, O3flux,
>> mx_pdEta, mn_pdEta, PE, KEhp, av_uA, av_vA"
>> opt_at_fout = dirt+"summary.table"
>> write_matrix (data, fmtx,opt)
>> delete(data)
>> print("done matrix write")
>>
>> And this is the error I get back:
>>
>> (0) Compiling summary...
>> (0) Saving data info summary...
>>
>>
>> Variable: data
>> Type: double
>> Total Size: 83952 bytes
>> 10494 values
>> Number of Dimensions: 2
>> Dimensions and sizes: [dim1 | 318] x [dim0 | 33]
>> Coordinates:
>> Number Of Attributes: 1
>> _FillValue : -999
>> open: No such file or directory
>> apparent state: unit 31 named ~/trex/charts/gv_stats/summary.table
>> lately writing direct unformatted external IO
>> Abort
>>
>>
>> Does this indicate that it has a problem because the file does not
>> already exist? I tried a system call to touch the file first and
>> later tried one to likewise delete it, but neither seem to help.
>> Thanks for your help!
>>
>> Bryan

-- 
Bryan Woods
Dept. of Geology & Geophysics
Yale University, KGL 234 & KGL 106D
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New Haven, CT 06511
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