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Re: ncdigest V1 #473 (fwd)

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  • Subject: Re: ncdigest V1 #473 (fwd)
  • Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 15:29:21 -0700
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

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Steve Emmerson   <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu>