DELWXT

Deletes weather text and index files.

Format

DELWXT days [keyword] "path

Parameters

days	number of days before today to save text data, maximum of 10 (default=1)
"path	path name to search for data or index files to delete

Keyword

DAY=

deletes the specified day's files, YYDDD (no default)

Remarks

DELWXT deletes weather text and index files for a specified number of days. It should run from the system time scheduler once per day. Scheduling DELWXT to run daily frees up a considerable amount of file space by deleting old weather text and index files. At SSEC, DELWXT runs at 00:05 UTC and deletes files older than three days.

To delete a specific day's data, use the keyword DAY.

Examples

SKE 93003 00:05 999999 24 "DELWXT 3

This entry schedules DELWXT to run every 24 hours at 00:05 UTC from the system time scheduler. DELWXT saves weather text and index files containing data for the current day plus the three previous days. For more information about command SKE, see the McIDAS User's Guide.

DELWXT DAY=95017

This entry deletes the text and index files for 17 January 1995.