[Go-essp-tech] wget errors

[Nathan Wilhelmi]

Hi - Once the 2 get merged we can include that in the next gateway release.

-Nate

On 05/17/2011 07:42 AM, stephen.pascoe at stfc.ac.uk wrote:
> Note, Estani has been working on the script template.  I sent him our version yesterday so we can merge the two together.  He should be kept in the loop on discussions on how to improve the script.
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> Stephen Pascoe  +44 (0)1235 445980
> Centre of Environmental Data Archival
> STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot OX11 0QX, UK
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: go-essp-tech-bounces at ucar.edu [mailto:go-essp-tech-bounces at ucar.edu] On Behalf Of philip.kershaw at stfc.ac.uk
> Sent: 17 May 2011 14:38
> To: Lawrence, Bryan (STFC,RAL,RALSP)
> Cc: go-essp-tech at ucar.edu
> Subject: Re: [Go-essp-tech] wget errors
>
> Hi Bryan,
>
>> I just me a bloke here at ICTP who is struggling to download data, he's
>> sending me details, but I suspect it's due to certificate timeouts.
>>
>> 1) does the wget script give an error message which is comprehensible to
>> "joe-average-scientist", and
> I think that would get messy as you'd need to heavily customise the
> script.  I think the best approach is to make it clear to users (through
> the help documentation and UIs) that in the event of problems they should
> send a query to the support list with the full output from the script.
>
>> 2) how does one get a new certificate ... if one already has one and it's
>> expired ... (it seems like he is not prompted to do the java download
>> the day after he has one working).
> You can fire up the Java MyProxyLogon at any time and get a fresh
> certificate.  On Linux and Mac desktops I've tried, you can double click
> on the downloaded program icon to restart it.
>
> We've debated whether to include the MyProxyLogon call actually in the
> script itself if a certificate has expired but there's a balance to be had
> between bloating the script with too much additional logic.
>> This guy is also one who is completely puzzled by the difference between
>> PCMDI and BADC wget script behaviours.
> Bob has said he's committed to switch over the interface so that we're
> consistent with one another.
>
> Cheers,
> Phil
>
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>> Bryan Lawrence
>> Director of Environmental Archival and Associated Research
>> (NCAS/British Atmospheric Data Centre and NCEO/NERC NEODC)
>> STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
>> Phone +44 1235 445012; Fax ... 5848;
>> Web: home.badc.rl.ac.uk/lawrence
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