get_inv.sh 1/2005 v 0.9 initial web posting 1/2005 v 0.9.1 updated help, added sleeps for sloppy programs 2/2005 v 0.9.2 updated sleeps, -f option in curl, better sleeps 6/2006 v 0.9.4 grib2 support 7/2006 v 0.9.5 grib2 support, no need for -range option in inventories 1/2009 v 0.9.6 grib2 support, someone added the (obsolete) range option to the inventories code worked with misleading error message. removed error message 4/2017 v 0.9.7 add support for htpps get_grib.sh 1/2005 v 0.9 initial web posting 1/2005 v 0.9.1 updated help 1/2005 v 0.9.2 updated help again, added sleeps for sloppy programs 2/2005 v0.9.3 better error messages, range considation (should be faster), better handling of missing files (zero rather than error 404 page), better sleeps for missing files, removed FTP support 3/2006 v0.9.3a better messages and help, mod sleep time 5/2006 v0.9.4 mod sleep time, optimizations, tested with grib2 6/2006 v0.9.5 grib1 error, could not get last record, changed "!=" to "ne", error caused by grib2 changes 10/2006 v0.9.6 better error code processing 4/2017 v 0.9.7 add support for htpps get-gfs.pl 10/2006: 1.0 Initial version 10/2006: 1.0a better help page 10/2006: 2.0beta windows support, only needs curl 10/2006: 2.0beta2 move two colons and add a missing colon 10/2006: 2.0beta3 update messages, ignore case on matches 1/2009: 2.0 OUTDIR not needed for inv, suggested by J.M. Berg 1/2011: updated URLs for 1x1 and 0.5x0.5 GFS from nomads.ncep.noaa.gov 1/2015: 2.1 update date new file names, FHR=XXX 5/2017: 2.1.2 update for new perl, "unescaped left brace in regex" warning 12/2018: 2.1.3 update for https: 12/2018: 2.1.4 update URLs and intro page 6/2019: 2.1.5 update URLs and intro page 4/2021: 2.1.6 update URLs