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+#!/usr/bin/sh
+
+
+# This script builds the METviewer war file, then copies it to the tomcat directory
+# This script is set up for dakota
+echo "==================================================================================================="
+echo " This script builds the METviewer war file, copies it to the tomcat directory as metviewer_dev.war" 
+echo " As a last step, the tomcat server is restarted, but the user must supply a password when prompted."
+echo "==================================================================================================="
+echo ""
+echo ""
+echo ""
+
+
+
+echo "=======================================================================================" 
+
+echo "!!!PRE-CONDITIONS!!!:"
+
+echo " su as the appropriate user, vxww'
+echo " The appropriate versions of METdataio, METcalcpy, METplotpy, and METviewer are being used"
+
+echo" appropriate changes made to the metviewer1.jsp file with updated version number"
+echo "=======================================================================================" 
+
+
+# Build the war file using the ant on /d1/mwin/apache-ant-1.10.14/bin/ant
+echo "======================================================================="
+echo "Building the war file..."
+echo "======================================================================="
+echo ""
+/d1/mwin/apache-ant-1.10.14/bin/ant \
+-Dbuild.properties.file=/d3/projects/METViewer/src/build.properties \
+-Ddb.management.system=mariadb \
+-Dmetcalcpy.path=/d3/projects/METViewer/METcalcpy/ \
+-Dmetplotpy.path=/d3/projects/METViewer/METplotpy/ \
+-Dmetdataio.path=/d3/projects/METViewer/METdataio/ \
+-Dpython.env.path=/d3/projects/METViewer/METviewer_py3.10.4/ clean all
+
+# copy the war file as metviewer_dev.war to the tomcat directory
+echo "================================================================================="
+echo "Copying the war file to /opt/tomcat/vxwww/webapps/metviewer_dev as metviewer_dev.war"
+echo "================================================================================="
+echo ""
+
+cp /d3/projects/METViewer/src/apps/METviewer/dist/metviewer.war /opt/tomcat/vxwww/webapps/metviewer_dev.war
+
+echo "======================================================================="
+echo "Now restarting catalina... !!!YOU NEED TO PROVIDE THE PASSWORD!!!
+echo "======================================================================="
+echo ""
+/opt/tomcat/vxwww/bin/startup.sh