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>From: address@hidden >Organization: Brookhaven National Labs >Keywords: 199503301924.AA18892 netCDF MSDOS FTP Mark, > I am trying to get ncdump.exe to my machine so that I can use it to >convert several netcdf files to ASCII. Despite several attempts, I am having >a couple of problems. > >(1) I cannot get the files netcdf.zip and readme from the msdos directory to >my machine via ftp. The rest of the files seem to be transfered with no proble > msalthough ncdump hasn't yet worked. I just did an FTP and transferred NETCDF.ZIP and README with no problem: ftp ftp.unidata.ucar.edu anonymous yoksas cd pub/netcdf/msdos bin get NETCDF.ZIP get README Are you sure that you used upper case names? >(2) Since I couldn't get readme, I tried to run the executable program by >placing it (and the library files) in a directory on my D drive and going >from the dos prompt. I typed "ncdump input.file output.file" and my machine >crashed. Are you sure that you transferred the file in binary mode? Additionally, the format for doing an ncdump and saving the output would be: ncdump input.file > output.file >Is this because I am running version 6.2 of DOS or because I have >not changed my autoexec file so that the windows memory manager is still >active? I am not sure, but I doubt it. I would guess that the problem is that ncdump.exe was transferred in ASCII mode. This would cause the module to do strange things if it ran at all. >From address@hidden Fri Apr 3 04: 11:13 1995 >Tom, Thanks very much for your prompt and informative reply. >Regards, Mark Miller Tom Yoksas