Re: ncl cygwin/x problem and cure

From: Mary Haley <haley_at_nyahnyahspammersnyahnyah>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 08:26:15 -0700

Garrett,

Can you type the following and email me the output:

     which ncl
    ncargpath ncarg
   env | grep NCARG

--Mary

On Nov 3, 2008, at 8:04 AM, G. Garrett Campbell wrote:

> Weird shell response to ncl:
>
> I am trying to implement the NCL test examples on a windows XP
> machine.
>
> For some reason the directory structure is not being scanned
> correctly.
>
> Here is the symptoms:
>
> After installing everything and setting the PATH as suggested:
> typing ncl at prompt does not find the ncl.exe
>
> but
> ./usr/local/bin/ncl does work, but $NCARG_ROOT=/usr/local does
> not find the initialization files.
>
> Changing NCARG_ROOT=./usr/local (notice the .) makes the program
> run and find the
> initial files.
>
> Cure:
>
> export NCARG_ROOT=./usr/local
> ./usr/local/bin/ncl
>
> This is probably not a problem with ncl, but something to do with the
> cygwin/X installation.
>
> I am sending this into the ncl-talk group in case someone else
> has the problem in the future.
>
> G.G. Campbell
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