[cam-users] output location

[Peter Paul Smolka]

On Wed, 15 Sep 2004, Brian Eaton wrote:

> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:37:09 -0600
> From: Brian Eaton <eaton at ucar.edu>
> To: Cathryn Meyer <cathryn.meyer at yale.edu>
> Cc: cam-users at ucar.edu
> Subject: Re: [cam-users] output location
>
> Cathy,
>
> The answer to your question is no.  But note, the output files are written
> to the current directory which is not necessarily the same as the location
> of the cam executable.
>
> Long production runs often generate more data than can fit into the
> available local workspace.  Unfortunately the functionality of CAM for
> moving files to a remote location is specific to the NCAR environment

Dear Cathy,

I would as temporary solution suggest, either in the program itsself
(my way) or around it (those who run scripts):

In case of monthly averaged outputs:

move (or copy and delete), issued from the program itsself
(e.g. issue a "shell command") all generated files starting and/or
ending on a certain string to the desired location.

This might be a distributed file system (such as from Unix) from
where the files can be processed later or an mss-type environment.

For "standard runs" I cannot comment respectively.

Above after the main stepping loop (e.g. after each n steps)
should also work. Considering which file is needed for the next
steps and which can be stored, is needed.

Thus the potential for errors when interfering with netCDF-issues
themselves is omitted.


> possibly modify this file to work in your local environment.  A better
> option which doesn't involve code modification in CAM is to write your own
> script with the name "mswrite" and have it take appropriate action.
>
> Brian
>
> On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 09:46:37AM -0400, Cathryn Meyer wrote:
> >
> > Is there a namelist command I could use to specify the location that I
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Cathy
> > --

Good luck

Peter

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