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> Full Name: Basit > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: King Abdullah Univ. of Sci. & Tech. Saudi Arabia > Package Version: 5.0 build date:2014-06-01 23:09 UTC > Operating System: Linux > Hardware: Java: home: /home/khanb/IDV_5.0/jre version: 1.7.0_51 > j3d:1.6.0-pre9-daily-experimental daily > Description of problem: Hi there, > Further to my previous email. Details of the error + the .ctl file is > attached. > > There was an error loading the data: > Error creating data source:file.grads with: > /home/khanb/neser_ncl/project/k14/basit/wrf-sims/wrf_170/auxhist7_d02_2013-06-04_ml.ctl > Grid data source failed making data set: > /home/khanb/neser_ncl/project/k14/basit/wrf-sims/wrf_170/auxhist7_d02_2013-06-04_ml.ctl > Cant read > /home/khanb/neser_ncl/project/k14/basit/wrf-sims/wrf_170/auxhist7_d02_2013-06-04_ml.ctl: > not a valid CDM file. > It is likely your ctl file is invalid. Yuan > java.io.IOException: Cant read > /home/khanb/neser_ncl/project/k14/basit/wrf-sims/wrf_170/auxhist7_d02_2013-06-04_ml.ctl: > not a valid CDM file. > at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:803) > at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:422) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openOrAcquireFile(NetcdfDataset.java:699) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:421) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.acquireDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:516) > at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GridDataset.open(GridDataset.java:117) > at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GridDataset.open(GridDataset.java:103) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.doMakeDataSet(GeoGridDataSource.java:1156) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.getDataset(GeoGridDataSource.java:1178) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.initAfterCreation(GeoGridDataSource.java:502) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1602) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1980) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1897) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1831) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1804) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.IdvChooser.makeDataSource(IdvChooser.java:943) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFilesInner(FileChooser.java:656) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFiles(FileChooser.java:525) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.doLoadInThread(FileChooser.java:547) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:1215) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1243) > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.io.IOException: Cant read > /home/khanb/neser_ncl/project/k14/basit/wrf-sims/wrf_170/auxhist7_d02_2013-06-04_ml.ctl: > not a valid CDM file. > at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:803) > at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:422) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openOrAcquireFile(NetcdfDataset.java:699) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:421) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.acquireDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:516) > at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GridDataset.open(GridDataset.java:117) > at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GridDataset.open(GridDataset.java:103) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.doMakeDataSet(GeoGridDataSource.java:1156) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.getDataset(GeoGridDataSource.java:1178) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.initAfterCreation(GeoGridDataSource.java:502) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1602) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1980) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1897) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1831) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1804) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.IdvChooser.makeDataSource(IdvChooser.java:943) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFilesInner(FileChooser.java:656) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFiles(FileChooser.java:525) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.doLoadInThread(FileChooser.java:547) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:1215) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1243) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: CLJ-120529 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed