Re: 970131: OpenVMS & HDF (netCDF)

>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.

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Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
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