Re: a more intelligent question

>From: cynthia cudaback <address@hidden>
>Organization: Navy
>Keywords: 199408151858.AA15941 netcdf tar

Cynthia,

>I did 
>% uncompress netcdf.tar.Z
>% tar xvf netcdf.tar
>
>which seems to have built the correct tree
>Are those equivalent commands?

Yes.

>I tried the Makefile which came with the model,
>and it crashed looking for netcdf.inc.  Still
>trying to get the correct pathways into the
>Makefile, so that shouldn't be your problem

The netcdf distribution uses a system called "autoconfigure"
to build a Makefile. The configure script goes out and looks
to see what is present on your system and what paths are needed
so the Makefile will work on your system. 

The INSTALL document in the top level of the distribution has 
instructions on how to run configure and then make.

Mike