a bit modification

compile.sh

+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ ! -d bin ];then
+    mkdir bin
+fi
+
+gcc -std=c99 -O2 -o bin/era5_cycle.exe program/cycle_era5.c 
+gcc -std=c99 -O2 -o bin/thinera5 program/makethinodb_era5_without_cycle.c
+gcc -std=c99 -O2 -o bin/thinprecise program/makethinodb_precise_without_cycle.c 
+gcc -std=c99 -O2 -o bin/date_range.exe program/start_end_time.c 
+
+

odb_manger.sh

@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ list_report=(16001)
 
 startdate="2017-01-06"
 enddate="2017-01-06"
-time_cycle="12"
+time_cycle="00,12"   ##comma seperated like 00,12,18,21
 
-PRECISE_ODB_DIR="/scratch/ms/se/smdk/scratchdir/"
-OUTPUT_DIR="/home/ms/se/smdk/odb_panel/OUTPUT"
-OUTPUT_DIR_THIN="/home/ms/se/smdk/odb_panel/OUTPUT_THIN"
+PRECISE_ODB_DIR="/scratch/ms/se/smdk/scratchdir/"   ##place we save odb precise data
+OUTPUT_DIR="/home/ms/se/smdk/odb_panel/OUTPUT"      ##directory to save intermediate ascii file 
+OUTPUT_DIR_THIN="/home/ms/se/smdk/odb_panel/OUTPUT_THIN" ##directory to save intermediate ascii thin file 
 path_bin="/home/ms/se/smdk/odb_panel/bin/"
 
 

request_odb_temp_era5

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ date=<startdate>/to/<enddate>,
 expver=1,
 reportype=<reptype>,
 stream=oper,
-time=<time_cycle>,
+time=<cycle>,
 type=ofb,
 area = 75.346607/-58.104964/20.292000/74.104614, #europe N/W/S/E area	
 target="odb_era5_<reptype>_<startdate_out>_<enddate_out>.odb"