Email Archive, January 2002.

Got most all of the problems with installation figured out. Some of these problems should also be fixed on the website. Here goes a list of all the little quirks and solutions :

1) When Win-unzipping the EMS_RAW1, EMS_RAW2, EMS_RAW3, and UNIX_SYS files, the extension needs to be changed from .t to .tar You then will get the option to uncompress into a temporary folder and get separate files created from the one compressed tar.

2) When Win-unzipping cat_expt.Z, you need to change the name of this file using the winzip32 program to lib_ems_cat.export. You need to do the same thing with ems_expt.Z where it gets re-named as lib_ems.export during the unzipping. You can't change it before you start the dos_in program because winzip32 won't recognize the .export extension as a zip file. You need to change it while running the winzip32 program.

3) The DOS installation program (dos_in.bat) needs to be changed in the "Installing run_desc directories" section (Page 3) to change the name of the program run from %INSTALL_HOME\make_dos_run to %INSTALL_HOME\mkdosrun as mkdosrun is the name of the program provided. (Or else you can change the name of the mkdosrun program to make_dos_run before running dos_in.bat.)

The only error that I get with the installation program is that it doesn't find the %EMS%\mvcyid.%SAS_EXTENSION% file. This file, however, is in the $EMS_DATA directory (aka EMS_CAT directory) so is present. IS this okay for this file to be there and not in $EMS? I hope this list helps the next person and thanks mucho for your help! Take it very easy and stay warm!!! Good luck and best wishes as always! Ray

>>> Mark Janssen <janssen@ladco.org> 01/18/02 01:49PM >>>
ray, Try renaming them cat_expt.Z and try to uncompress it. Then make sure
that the sas program programs\D_cimpt.sas is pointed to the uncompressed
file after uncompressing it, make sure it comes out named
lib_ems_cat.export (or lib_ems.export for the EMS one) if the names are not
exactly what they are in d_cimpt.sas it will not work.

Let me know how it goes?

Mark

At 11:24 AM 1/18/02 -0500, Ray Papalski wrote:
>No problem - That was more an FYI in case others had the problem or so a
>note could be put in the readme file. Any insight to the cat_expt.Z and
>ems_expt.Z file compression issue? Thanks and have a good one. Ray
>
>P.S. Second Heads up! My daughter was up at 4:30 this morning to get a
>bottle. Dad was up with her and not back to bed. May is coming quick, get
>as much sleep now as possible. Take it easy and best wishes.
>
> >>> Mark Janssen <janssen@ladco.org> 01/18/02 11:06AM >>>
>My bad on the ems_raqw1.tz. I had to make a name change at the last minute
>and it blew up all the unix installs too. Sorry.
>
>
>
>At 04:29 PM 1/17/02 -0500, Ray Papalski wrote:
> >P.S. Heads up - The NT instructions or readme file should say that the
> >ems_raw1.tz, ems_raw2.tz, and ems_raw3.tz should either be renamed as
> >ems_raw1.tar.z (or *2.tar.z or *3.tar.z) before running dos_in or the name
> >changed when running the winzip32 program to add the .tar extension to
> >their name (when it stops to ask for names of files contained in the
> >compressed file). (Note: my winzip32 version just cuts the z off the
> >extension and gives you ems_raw.t as the default name). Only after adding
> >the .tar extension does winzip32 allow you the option of extracting to a
> >temporary file and allows for the files to extract to subdirectories.