SDI Operator's Manual
Version 2005

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Changing the Amount of Retained Data

The inge process reads the retain.pdus file to determine how many images of each sector type to keep online. SSEC's retain.pdus file is shown and described below.

53 62 13

This file listing is interpreted as follows:

Perform the steps below to change the amounts of Meteosat PDUS data to retain.

1. From the console, edit the retain.pdus file.

Type:  vi /data/retain.pdus

2. Using the vi editor, make your changes and save the file. Then, exit the file. The /data/retain.pdus file is checked by the ingestor at each image start time.


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