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Gene, >Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 14:05:34 -0800 (PST) >From: Gene Petrescu <address@hidden> >Organization: University of Washington >To: address@hidden >Subject: ncdigest V1 #473 (fwd) >Keywords: 199810262009.NAA19372 In the above message, you wrote: > Included below is a reply to a message that I posted on the netcdfgroup > mail list. I am curious about the extent of VMS support in netcdf v3.x. > Was support extended from V2.x? We didn't extend VMS support from netCDF 2 to netCDF 3 because we don't have such a system in-house. Have you looked over the "PORTING NOTES" section in the INSTALL file? > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 10:24:44 -0500 (EST) > From: Daniel Robert Marsh <address@hidden> > To: Gene Petrescu <address@hidden> > Subject: ncdigest V1 #473 > > > Hello Gene, > > With the help of Steve Emmerson <address@hidden>, > we were able to build NETCDF-2_4_3 on a DEC alpha running > OpenVMS AXP V6.1. It was a major hassle to get the FORTRAN > front end to work, but we succeeded. I don't know if Steve > put support for VMS into the current release, but if not > I can give you the 2.4.3 library and header files. These > will create files compatible with the new version, and the > documentation is still available at Unidata. This might > be the fastest way to get the data on your VMS system > into netcdf and have it available to machines running > other os's (which can run version 3 of netcdf). > > Good luck, > > Dan Marsh. > > <address@hidden> ph:(734)647-3665 fax:(734)763-7130 > Dept. Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences > University of Michigan, Ann Arbor -------- Steve Emmerson <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu>