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ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.main() now is a cover for FileWriter, but you can also open NcML, OPeNDAP, and other datasets accessible with NetcdfDataset.openFile(). in the latest release 4.0.32 > Hi Rich, > > > > Sorry. My mistake. It is failing for me as well. I'm using the > > > latest 4.0 and I'm guessing you are too. I haven't tried 2.2 > > > but I don't think it would fail. > > > > Yes, it fails with 2.2 as well. > > I'm not getting a failure with 2.2, only with 4.0. What version of 2.2 are > you running? > > > > I'll dig into this a bit more tomorrow and double check and > > > see about a fix to FileWriter. > > > > Okay, that would be great. Thanks! > > There was a change early in the 4.0 code that switched FileWriter from using > NetcdfDataset to NetcdfFile (I think to attempt to clean up our package > dependencies). Since, NcML handling is at the dataset not file level, > FileWriter lost its ability to handle NcML files. > > I'll add this to our list for the next 4.0 release. > > Let me know if you still can't get it working in 2.2 and we can dig into that. > > Ethan Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: SYH-931648 Department: Support netCDF Java Priority: Normal Status: Closed