[Difx-users] Running DiFX

[Adam Deller]

Hi Sam,

As I said, run startdifx with the -n switch if you've already made the
machines and threads file.  So in this case, startdifx -n example_1.input.
That bypasses genmachines.

But in any case, genmachines should have been installed into $DIFXROOT/bin/
the same as all the rest of the DiFX executables.  Is that directory in
your path?

Cheers,
Adam

On 18 March 2017 at 18:10, Hagatiana Andrianomena <handrianomena at ska.ac.za>
wrote:

> Hi Adam,
>
> Many thanks for your reply. I did run 'startdifx example_1.input' and came
> out with:
>
> /bin/sh: 1: genmachines: not found
> /bin/sh: 1: genmachines: not found
> /bin/sh: 1: genmachines: not found
> .....
>
> Perhaps there is something which is not configured properly in my case
> during installation?
>
> Cheers,
> Sam
>
> On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 12:42 AM, Adam Deller <adeller at astro.swin.edu.au>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Sam,
>>
>> if you run startdifx it will by default regenerate the .machines and
>> .threads files using genmachines.  If you've already made those by hand and
>> don't want that to happen, then you need to run startdifx -n (the -n means
>> don't re-run genmachines).  That should get you started.
>>
>> For getting things going properly, http://www.atnf.csiro.au/vlbi/
>> dokuwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php/difx/difxuserguide.pdf has lots of
>> information on how to get genmachines working (basically, you need to
>> populate a cluster description file and point the environment variable
>> $DIFX_MACHINES at it).
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Adam
>>
>> On 18 March 2017 at 01:49, Hagatiana Andrianomena <
>> handrianomena at ska.ac.za> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi DIFX-Users
>>>
>>> It is the first time I am using the software and started to learn by
>>> doing some tests using the example data "rdv70.tar" from the wiki page.
>>> I am using DIFX-trunk. I just followed the instructions of the readme
>>> file in the tarball. Everything went OK up to step 3 where:
>>>
>>> - when running startdifx (as per the readme file) it complained about
>>> not finding genmachine
>>> - then I tried to run "genmachine.py" but it also complained about the
>>> format of the "machinefile" it needs. we struggled to get the right
>>> format, although I just followed the example from the wiki, so
>>> - edited the .machines and .threads by just modifying the ones from the
>>> example data.
>>> - when running startdifx, it does not complain but it looks like it
>>> takes long time without doing anything so I had to stop it.
>>> - when I checked the generated files, we found that .machines and
>>> .threads files were no longer there.
>>>
>>> I would appreciate if you could please help me.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Sam
>>>
>>>
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