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>To: address@hidden >cc: address@hidden, >cc: address@hidden >From: John Caron <address@hidden> >Subject: ncgen on cray >Organization: UCAR >Keywords: 199707171600.KAA13098 Hi John, > ncgen, version 2.43, on NCAR cray antero machine is dying on this line > in my cdf file: > :_FillValue = -9999.99f; > which works ok on (older) versions of ncgen on an SGI and AIX. > have you seen this problem? > > I also tried > :_FillValue = -9999.99; > but still died. > > I dont see anything in 2.4 manual about this. > > - ---------- > > 41-antero% ncgen -b gen_chem.cdf > ncgen: gen_chem.cdf line 111: variable Operand range error (core dumped) > > 42-antero% which ncgen > /usr/local/bin/ncgen > > 43-antero% ls -l /usr/local/bin/ncgen > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root bin 49 Dec 10 1996 > /usr/local/bin/ncgen -> > /usr/local/apps/UNICOS-9.02/netcdf-2.43/bin/ncgen > > 45-antero% ls -l /usr/local/apps/UNICOS-9.02/netcdf-2.43/bin/ncgen > - -rwxrwxr-x 1 haley root 1159928 Dec 10 1996 > /usr/local/apps/UNICOS-9.02/netcdf-2.43/bin/ncgen Sorry, but I haven't seen this symptom before and can't duplicate the error. I assume this is an attribute for a "float" variable. We've just checked running "ncgen -b ff.cdl" where "ff.cdl" is the following 5-line CDL file: netcdf ff { variables: float ff ; ff:_FillValue = -9999.99f ; } and it works fine, for both the 2.43 version of ncgen in /usr/local/bin/ncgen and the new 3.x version of ncgen you can find in /home/antero/davis/netcdf/bin/ncgen. Can you see if the problem still occurs with the 3.x version of ncgen? If so, in order to diagnose the problem, can you provide a small example that fails? Thanks! --Russ _____________________________________________________________________ Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu