Re: SGI NFS problem with netCDF libsrc test?

> Glenn,
>
> In trying to duplicate a netCDF problem reported to support, I tried to
> run "make test" in the libsrc directory of the 3.3.1 distribution on
> chevy:
>
>   netcdf-3/irix_6.2-mips/src/libsrc$ make test
>         ar cru   libnetcdf.a attr.o  dim.o  error.o  libvers.o  nc.o  ncio.o
 ncx.o  putget.o  string.o  v1hpg.o  v2i.o  var.o
>         : libnetcdf.a
>         /bin/c89 -o t_nc -g  t_nc.o -L. -lnetcdf
>         ./t_nc
>   trying again
>   *** Error code 13 (bu21)
>
> This is repeatable, but only seems to happen when I'm running the test
> in an NFS-mounted directory (my /home/russ/netcdf-3/ directory).  I had
> Mike create an NFS2 mount in /mnt/, and the same error still occurred.
> But if I copy the files to /tmp/ on chevy, everything seems to work
> fine.
>
> I doubt if it matters, but I'm using the following environment variables
> for building and testing:
>
>       export CPPFLAGS=
>       export CFLAGS=-g
>       export CC=/bin/c89
>       export FC=/bin/f77
>       export FFLAGS=-g
>       export CXX=/bin/CC
>
> I've already answered the support question by using the /tmp/ directory
> on chevy, but do you have any idea why running libsrc/t_nc on
> NFS-mounted directories on chevy is now failing?

The problem is that the first create is making a file with mode 0,
due to improper modes being set. This has already been reported and
fixed:
% cvs log posixio.c
 ...
revision 1.59
date: 1997/09/23 18:55:19;  author: davis;  state: Exp;  lines: +14 -4
Use standard macros.
No need to set O_TRUNC when O_EXCL,
        and having both set causes problems with IRIX 6.2 and NFS.
        address@hidden (Ethan Alpert) 199709221820.MAA25471

You can seach for the discourse between Ethan and myself on this Subject
using the word IRIX in the email database.

Find the referenced revision as a patch attached.

-glenn

>Keywords: 199709221820.MAA25471
>Re: 970922: problem with nccreate on IRIX 6.2 using netcdf3.3.1

Index: posixio.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /upc/share/CVS/netcdf-3/libsrc/posixio.c,v
retrieving revision 1.59
retrieving revision 1.58
diff -c -r1.59 -r1.58
*** posixio.c   1997/09/23 18:55:19     1.59
--- posixio.c   1997/07/19 22:14:21     1.58
***************
*** 2,8 ****
   *    Copyright 1996, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
   *    See netcdf/COPYRIGHT file for copying and redistribution conditions.
   */
! /* $Id: posixio.c,v 1.59 1997/09/23 18:55:19 davis Exp $ */
  
  #include "ncconfig.h"
  #include <assert.h>
--- 2,8 ----
   *    Copyright 1996, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
   *    See netcdf/COPYRIGHT file for copying and redistribution conditions.
   */
! /* $Id: posixio.c,v 1.58 1997/07/19 22:14:21 davis Exp $ */
  
  #include "ncconfig.h"
  #include <assert.h>
***************
*** 738,751 ****
  #define NCIO_MINBLOCKSIZE 256
  #define NCIO_MAXBLOCKSIZE 268435456 /* sanity check, about X_SIZE_T_MAX/8 */
  
- #ifdef S_IRUSR
- #define NC_DEFAULT_CREAT_MODE \
-         (S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR|S_IRGRP|S_IWGRP|S_IROTH|S_IWOTH) /* 0666 */
- 
- #else
- #define NC_DEFAULT_CREAT_MODE 0666
- #endif
- 
  int
  ncio_create(const char *path, int ioflags,
        size_t initialsz,
--- 738,743 ----
***************
*** 753,759 ****
        ncio **nciopp, void **const igetvpp)
  {
        ncio *nciop;
!       int oflags = (O_RDWR|O_CREAT);
        int fd;
        int status;
  
--- 745,751 ----
        ncio **nciopp, void **const igetvpp)
  {
        ncio *nciop;
!       int oflags = (O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC);
        int fd;
        int status;
  
***************
*** 771,786 ****
  
        if(fIsSet(ioflags, NC_NOCLOBBER))
                fSet(oflags, O_EXCL);
-       else
-               fSet(oflags, O_TRUNC);
  #ifdef O_BINARY
        fSet(oflags, O_BINARY);
  #endif
  #ifdef vms
!       fd = open(path, oflags, NC_DEFAULT_CREAT_MODE, "ctx=stm");
  #else
        /* Should we mess with the mode based on NC_SHARE ?? */
!       fd = open(path, oflags, NC_DEFAULT_CREAT_MODE);
  #endif
  #if 0
        (void) fprintf(stderr, "ncio_create(): path=\"%s\"\n", path);
--- 763,776 ----
  
        if(fIsSet(ioflags, NC_NOCLOBBER))
                fSet(oflags, O_EXCL);
  #ifdef O_BINARY
        fSet(oflags, O_BINARY);
  #endif
  #ifdef vms
!       fd = open(path, oflags, 0666, "ctx=stm");
  #else
        /* Should we mess with the mode based on NC_SHARE ?? */
!       fd = open(path, oflags, 0666);
  #endif
  #if 0
        (void) fprintf(stderr, "ncio_create(): path=\"%s\"\n", path);