970326: netCDF and windowsNT 4.0

Katherine,

> cc: address@hidden
> From: Katherine Kolbert <address@hidden>
> Subject: netCDF and windowsNT 4.0
> Organization: ?
> Keywords: 199703262354.QAA25993 netCDF NT4.0

In the above message, you wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm working on implementing netCDF on our PC's having already done the
> job using IDL on UNIX systems.
> 
> I have successfully downloaded and made nc31a using MSD Visual C++ 4.0
> and Windows NT 4.0.  I also have succesfully read and written netCDF
> files from within my C++ code using code obtained from ncgen so the
> basic netCDF functions (like nccreate, ncdimdef, etc.) are working.
> 
> My problem is that I now have to deal with error checking and want to
> trap the errors.  I have included the line   ncopts = NC_VERBOSE;  in my
> code.  The compiler is giving link errors saying that _ncopts and _ncerr
> (which I am also trying to use) are unresolved external symbols.  Do I
> have to specify these variables in some way that is different?  I
> noticed in your documentation somewhere that your latest version of
> netCDF has done away with these variables - but I assume that backward
> compatibility would take care of that.  Is someone else having this
> problem?  Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks - 
> 
> Katherine Kolbert
> address@hidden

Both `ncopts' and `ncerr' should be defined in the netCDF library
`libnetcdf.a'.  You can check this via the nm(1) utility.

Please let me know what you find.

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Steve Emmerson   <address@hidden>