[Wrf-users] Re: Wrf-users Digest, Vol 40, Issue 5

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There are two options for you:

1. Upgrade to the latest WPS code (2.2.1), then the limit is removed  
(or increased to 1024 characters long).

2. If 1 is not an option, then edit metgrid/src/gridinfo_module.F90,  
and change the declaration for variable
name 'opt_output_from_metgrid_path', which is 128.

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On Dec 8, 2007, at 12:00 PM, wrf-users-request at ucar.edu wrote:

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> Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:09:22 +0100
> From: Jan Ploski <Jan.Ploski at offis.de>
> Subject: [Wrf-users] 128 characters output path limit in WPS
> To: wrf-users at ucar.edu
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> Hello,
>
> The output_fname variable in metgrid.exe (for example), which is  
> used to
> store the full path of the output file, is limited to 128 characters.
> This causes file names to become truncated without warning. Changing
>
>        character (len=128) :: coption, output_fname
> to
>        character (len=256) :: coption, output_fname
>
> in output_module.F90 makes no difference. Can I overcome this limit
> somehow (I'm using the pgf90 compiler)?
>
> What's confusing is that I can't reproduce the problem myself in a
> simple Fortran program - setting len=256 behaves as expected there.  
> Any
> ideas?
>
> Regards,
> Jan Ploski
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