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951109: Any portability problems with NetCDF

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  • Subject: 951109: Any portability problems with NetCDF
  • Date: Thu, 09 Nov 95 09:28:08 -0700
Alan,

> From: Alan McNatty <address@hidden>
> Organization: Victoria University of Wellington/Institute of Geophysics
> Keywords: 199511090209.AA09629 netCDF Sun Alpha

In the above message you wrote:
 
>     I have written a simple C program for reading and writing netcdf
>     data files. 
>      
>     This program works fine on Sun's but not on Dec Alpha's. 
> 
>     I am curious to know whether or not you have come across 
>     any portability prolems between these machines. 

We've never encountered any problem with portability of suitably-written
netCDF applications between Suns and DEC Alphas.

One point to be aware of is to use the type `nclong' for variables that
are to hold netCDF NCLONG values.

If you can reduce your problem to a small code example, then I might
be able to help you (my workstation is an Alpha, and I have Suns
available).

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Steve Emmerson   <address@hidden>