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970211: nctest failes, suggestions?

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  • Subject: 970211: nctest failes, suggestions?
  • Date: Tue, 11 Feb 97 11:02:23 -0700
Kent,

> To: address@hidden
> From: "Kent F. Milfeld" <address@hidden>
> Subject: nctest failes, suggestions?
> Organization: University of Texas
> Keywords: 199702071300.GAA25689

In the above message you wrote:

>    On our Cray J90 the test section of the Make (make test) keeps failing
> when I try different compilers (CC=cc, CC=g89).  It appears that nccreate
> makes a file, with the contents "CDF^A" , and then bombs when it tries to
> open it.  Here is the error information:
> 
> c89 -o nctest -O varget.o vargetg.o varput.o varputg.o vardef.o \
>                  vartests.o vputget.o vputgetg.o driver.o cdftests.o \
>                  dimtests.o rec.o atttests.o misctest.o add.o error.o \
>                  emalloc.o val.o slabs.o ../libsrc/libnetcdf.a \
>       ./nctest
> Error Explanation:Make: "./nctest" terminated due to signal 11 (core dumped)
> cmd-2436 make: Stop.
> 
> 
> If I try to execute the file directly, I get:
> charon% ./nctest
> *** Testing nccreate ...        Unable to open file: testfile.nc
> Error Explanation:Operand range error (core dumped)
> 
> 
> Any suggestions?

This is a known problem.  For a description of the problem and its
solution, please see the following URL:

    http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/known_problems.html#xdrffio 
error reporting

Please let me know if this does or does not help.

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Steve Emmerson   <address@hidden>