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>From: address@hidden (Charlie Zender) >Organization: NCAR/CGD >Keywords: 199504031940.AA29225 netCDF unix pipes Charlie, >i was wondering if netcdf will work with unix pipes. i'd think >not, because netcdf probably has to have random access to files >and can't handle input from a stream, but i wanted to ask to >make sure. if netcdf will take input from a pipe, how do get >the ncid, or filehandle, for the stdin pipe? same for output. >thanks, The netCDF does not work with pipes. You were correct in your reading of this due to the netCDF's random access capabilities. Tom Yoksas