Re: Command "seq" not found when running example ioc application

[Marty Kraimer <mrk@aps.anl.gov>]

Andy,

Thanks!!!!

Marty Kraimer

Andy Foster wrote:
> Hi Marty, Steven,
>
> The only small change I had to make to these
> instructions was that I had to
> add:
>
> registrar(sncExampleRegistrar)
>
> to myexampleApp/src/myExampleInclude.dbd
> rather than remove the comment character as this line
> was not in the file.
>
> I think this is listed in "Known Problems" on the R3.14.4 web
> page.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andy
>
>
> On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Marty Kraimer wrote:
>
>
> > Steven.Banks@doi.vic.gov.au wrote:
> >
> > > I'm hoping someone can help me with what is probably a very simple problem.
> > >
> > > We have completely reinstalled epics base (14.4.3 and 14.3.4) and the
> > > sequencer (2.0.7) onto a clean Red Hat Linux 9.0 environment and are trying
> > > to get the example application described in Getting Started in the IOC
> > > Developer's Guide up and going.  We have followed the installation
> > > instructions to the letter in order to build and run EPICS, the Sequencer
> > > and the sncExample.st application.
> > >
> > > When we run the example using the supplied st.cmd file, it all loads into
> > > the iocsh correctly until it gets to the command:
> > >
> > > seq sncExample,"user=username"
> > >
> > > At this point, we get the error:
> > >
> > > st.cmd -- Line 28 -- Command seq not found
> > >
> > > Everything appears to have built OK and when we run the demo example that
> > > comes with the sequencer, it executes correctly, including correctly
> > > starting up the sequencer.  I presume from this that EPICS and the
> > > sequencer have built OK.
> > >
> > > We are using gmake version 3.79.1 and have tried 3.80.0 as well, with no
> > > luck.
> > >
> > > Can anyone out there tell me why the seq command is not found when I run
> > > this application?
> > >
> > > Steve Banks
> > > Australian Synchrotron Project
> > > Department of Infrastructure
> > > Level 18, 80 Collins Street
> > > Melbourne   VIC   3000
> > > tel:  +613 9655 6303
> > > fax:  +613 9655 8666
> > > web: www.synchrotron.vic.gov.au
> >
> > Are you sure you followed the instructions to edit the Makefile in
> > myexampleApp/src as described in section 2.2.4 of the 02OCT2003 Application
> > Developer's Guide?
> >
> > When you build do you see the sequence program being built?
> > For example on linux I see
> >
> > converting ../sncExample.stt
> > /home/phoebus/MRK/epics/modules/soft/seq/bin/linux-x86/snc    ../sncExample.stt
> > -o sncExample.c
> > ....
> >
> > Marty Kraimer
>
>
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