[Ramadda-users] new bulk download script service

[Jeff M. <jef...@gm...>]

Hi all,

I hope everybody's summer is going well.

We've just released a new 1.7a version of RAMADDA -
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ramadda/files/ramadda1.7a/

This has some major changes to the old wget script functionality -
http://ramadda.org/repository/entry/show/Home/RAMADDA+Information/How+Tos/Bulk+Download?entryid=126b6e75-58ad-4a44-8dc9-87e307792568

This allows you to copy an entire RAMADDA entry hierarchy onto your file
system. The script creates directories that correspond to the RAMADDA
folders and will incrementally download the files. This only works on Mac
and Linux - it uses curl and other shell commands. I haven't tested this on
Windows/cygwin.

I did change the old output="wget..." output identifiers. If anyone has
these hard coded in some download script or if this change causes a problem
please let me know.

You can also fetch metadata files (see docs above) along with the files, so
for example you can grab an ATOM xml file or THREDDS catalog.

If problems with this new service or if you have any ideas about new
functionality please send out a note.

-Jeff