20040225: NetCDF 3.5 variable names

Paul,

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> Subject: NetCDF 3.5 variable names 
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The above message contained the following:

> I'm using NetCDF 3.5 library, and I'm facing  a little problem :
> The documentation says that for dimensions, attributes and variables 
> names, only alphabetics characters are allowed plus "-" "_". In fact I 
> found that dot character "." is also allowed (see NC_check_name) but 
> produces incorrect behavior when proceeded by ncgen. So what are the 
> real restrictions ?

The person who would normally answer this question is on vacation.

What does "produces incorrect behavior when proceeded by ncgen" mean?
Do you mean when the CDL file is PROCESSED by ncgen, creating a netCDF
file?  Can you send a small example of the problem?

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Regards,
Steve Emmerson