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20040416: finding ncdump(1) for execution

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  • Subject: 20040416: finding ncdump(1) for execution
  • Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 11:27:21 -0600
Sandy,

>Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 12:07:46 -0400
>From: Sandy Sillman <address@hidden>
>Organization: University of Michigan
>To: Steve Emmerson <address@hidden>
>Subject: Re: 20040415: netCDF on Linux with NAG fortran 
> Keywords: 200404012156.i31LuuCT013274 netCDF 3.5.1

The above message contained the following:

> An additional question:  ncdump does not work on my Linux PC, following
> installation of netCDF.  It generates the response:
> 
> ncdump: Command not found.
> 
> Is there a "trick" that I am missing here, to get ncdump to work?

If you've installed the netCDF package, then you must ensure that the
"bin" installation-directory of the package is referenced in your PATH
environment variable.  For example:

    $ ncdump
    bash: ncdump: command not found
    $ PATH=$PATH:/upc/netcdf/bin ncdump /dev/null
    ncdump: /dev/null: Not a netCDF file

The above holds for all standard-conforming user shells.  For
non-standard shells (e.g., csh(1), tcsh(1)) the syntax is different:

    % ncdump
    ncdump: command not found
    % set path=($path /upc/netcdf/bin)
    % ncdump /dev/null
    ncdump: /dev/null: Not a netCDF file

> Thanks,
> Sandy Sillman
> 
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------
>  Sanford Sillman  (Sandy)
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> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 48109-2143 (USA)
> 
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Regards,
Steve Emmerson