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Dear Manuel Lopez, >Date: Fri, 23 Aug 96 10:11:52 PDT >From: Manuel Lopez <address@hidden> >Organization: CICESE/Depto. Oceanografia Fisica, Mexico >To: address@hidden >Subject: Problem with fortran interface >Keywords: 199608230317.AA15422 In the above message you wrote: > Dear Steve Emmerson: > Thanks for helping me. Many of the lines in the config.log file appear to > be C compiler errors. Maybe they are not fatal errors. I am not familiar with > C. The file `config.log' contains error messages from tests that the configure scripts runs in order to determine the features and capabilities of your system; therefore, it should contain compiler errors. This is expected and does not indicate a problem. > In any case there does appear to be a problem with the fortran > interface. The output of "make test" gives an error using the f77 > compiler. Apparently it does not understand the "-L../libsrc" option > in compiling ftest. The -L option in HP-UX fortran is to generate a > source code listing to standard output. Try using the fort77(1) compiler -- it should correctly understand `-L' options. Do the following: 1. Go to the top-level source directory. 2. Edit the file CUSTOMIZE: change `FC=f77' to `FC=fort77'. 3. Remove the file config.cache if it exists. 4. Execute the `configure' script. 5. Execute the command `make fortran/clean'. 6. Execute the command `make'. Trap the output. 7. If the above fails, send me its output and stop here. 8. Execute the command `make test'. Trap the output. 9. If the above fails, send me its output and stop here. 10. Execute the command `make install'. Trap the output. 11. If the above fails, send me its output and stop here. 12. Execute the command `make clean'. > ... Is there some kind of manual or documentation on > who to use the netCDF library? There's very little documentation on `who' uses the netCDF library. There is, however, documentation on `how' to use it. The user's guide can be found in doc/guide.ps. It's a PostScript file. On-line documentation is available at the following URL: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/index.html Again thanks very much for your > help. Sincerely, > > Manuel Lopez You're welcome. Please let me know if this helps. -------- Steve Emmerson <address@hidden>