On mitgcmcvs.mit.edu , as jm_c :
1) in /home/jm_c/testing :
 with: CVS_RSH=ssh
       CVSROOT=:ext:[email protected]:/u/gcmpack
 downloaded those 2 dir:

  > cvs co -P -d front_content mitgcm.org/front_content
  > cvs co -P -d scripts       mitgcm.org/scripts
  > cp -p scripts/daily_update .

2) since we are not able to configure & compile stuff here to
 generate executables "mpack" and "munpack", take dir "tools/mpack-1.6"
 (already compiled) from villon (or batsi):
 a) make a tar file of:
   [email protected]:/home/jm_c/mitgcm/gcm_current/tools/mpack-1.6/
 b) copy it here (in /home/jm_c/testing) as: "tools_mpack"
  > tar -xf tools_mpack.tar
  > mv mpack-1.6 tools_mpack"
 c) and finaly:
  > ln -s tools_mpack/munpack munpack.x86_64

3) created empty dirs in /home/jm_c/testing:
  > mkdir logs MITgcm-test fail2process postponed

4) dir & scripts used:
 more scripts/crontab_gcm

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