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>To: "support" <address@hidden> >From: "R.A. Warner" <address@hidden> >Subject: OpenVMS & HDF (netCDF) >Organization: NOAA / NOS >Keywords: 199701311756.KAA28379 Hi Bob, > My name is Bob Warner and I am a member of a team (of 3) working with > satellite > sensor data for coastal oceanography applications. > > We received some data that is in HDF. > > I have down loaded the HDF libraries from NCSA (version4r2), which included > your > netCDF in ...hdf4_0r2/mfhdf/xdr. We have DEC alpha workstations running > OpenVMS and I have compiled libdf.a, libjpeg.a and libz.a. > > The last library that I need to compile is the libmfhdf.a which is the netCDF > rather unsavory, however I down loaded your vms_beta/netcdf-2_4_4.src.xdr > and the world is looking much better. > > Yep, you guessed it, EXCEPT that XDRTEST.C wants a ucx$rpcxdr.h file rather > badly. Of course, since we have OpenVMS, we don't use the TCP/IP UCX but > rather Wollongong, so I tried that [...netdist.include.rpc]XDR.H -> NOPE, so I > tried to use the XDR.H within the 2_4_4 directory ->nope, tried to comment out > the include -> NOPE, and finally I got a copy of the XDR.H from a DEC alpha > > I have included the listings for 1. using the Digital UNIX and the run that > was > made 2. using the xdr.h that came within the 2_4_4 .src library; all for your > viewing pleasure, if you like that sort of thing. > > *****> :-( > The messages from both runs state that a "KEY NOT FOUND", is that a license > key > or a header of some sort? > > We use fortran and are not familiar with C, however as I mentioned the other > libraries seemed to "make" without major problems. > > Thank you very much for any assistance! > > Sincerely, LOST-BETWEEN_VMS_&_NETCDF :-) I'm afraid the problems you describe are with NCSA software, not Unidata software. We don't have a vms_beta/netcdf-2_4_4.src.xdr file (or even a vms_beta/ directory!), so you'll have to ask the HDF folks about any problems with that. The HDF support address is address@hidden. _____________________________________________________________________ Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu