Re: Changes to system?

Hi Adam,

Thanks for the suggestion. It looks like adding delete(wks) fixed it!

   Carl

On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 7:12 PM, Adam Phillips <asphilli@ucar.edu> wrote:

> Hi Carl/Kyle,
> Try adding a delete(wks) call when you are done writing to your
> workstation to see if that clears the problems up. This fixed some errors
> for me when I was calling convert using the system command.
>
> From my understanding deleting the workstation prior to a
> system("convert...) command at the end of your script was never enforced
> (but highly recommended) in previous versions of NCL. It is now enforced
> with version 6.1.0.
>
> If that does not fix the issue please let ncl-talk know..
> Adam
>
> On 11/6/12 3:35 PM, Kyle Griffin wrote:
>
> Hi Carl,
>
> I've been noticing similar issues with the convert command (run via
> system() calls) in 6.1.0 that weren't present in the beta as well. I have
> yet to do a thorough trial and error processes, but my errors do fall in
> line with the description you provided (having a directory vs. no
> directory). I just tried to duplicate this via a command-line NCL session,
> but with no success, not sure why.
>
> I can verify that this is an error (for me, every time) regardless of
> whether the script is run from a command or via crontab, and that
> everything works fine in 6.1.0-beta.
>
>
> Kyle
>
> ----------------------------------------
> Kyle S. Griffin
> Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
> University of Wisconsin - Madison
> 1225 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706
> Room 1421 Email: ksgriffin2@wisc.edu
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 4:21 PM, Carl Schreck <carl@cicsnc.org> wrote:
>
>> I just installed 6.1.0, and I am having some strange behavior when I use
>> system() to run the "convert" command.
>>
>> I can't replicate it reliably, but here's at least one example.
>>
>> This works fine:
>> system( "convert corr_pna.eps corr_pna2.png" )
>>
>> But if the files are in a subdirectory, then:
>> system( "convert figures/corr_pna.eps figures/corr_pna2.png" )
>> gives me this error:
>> convert: missing an image filename `figures/corr_pna2.png'.
>>
>> It doesn't always happen, but both versions work fine if I roll back to
>> 6.1.0-beta.
>>
>> I'll try to do some more testing tomorrow, but I thought I'd see if
>> this sounds familiar at all.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Carl
>>
>> --
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>> Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS-NC)
>> North Carolina State University and NOAA's National Climatic Data Center
>> 151 Patton Avenue
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>> Tel: 828-257-3140
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