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Re: XDR

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  • Subject: Re: XDR
  • Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 10:14:31 -0700
>To: address@hidden
>From: Alain Mazurier <address@hidden>
>Subject: Re: 20000321: XDR
>Organization: ATLANTIDE - Technopôle Brest Iroise
>Keywords: netcdf

Hi Alain,

> In a close future i will have to read XDR files.
> I saw, in your documentation, that NetCDF
> employs an extended form of XDR.
>
> Just now, I don't have these files, so I
> can't make tests so my question is:
> Does it mean that I can use ncdump, ncgen
> and the C and/or C++ Netcdf library directly?
> may be I'am dreaming ? :o)

No, sorry, but ncdump/ncgen and the netCDF library can't help much
with XDR files that aren't netCDF files.

The XDR library is available and included with all versions of Unix
that I know about, so it can be used directly.  I think there is also
freely available source code for the XDR library, but I don't know
exactly where it is right now ...

--Russ

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Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
address@hidden                     http://www.unidata.ucar.edu