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Re: 20050426:netCDF on windows

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  • Subject: Re: 20050426:netCDF on windows
  • Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 07:57:39 -0600
"Mulloy, Robert" <address@hidden> writes:

> ncdump ran ok; now how do i access ncks? the library and the .dll are in the
> correct place. (sorry to be a pain in the ...)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Hartnett [mailto:address@hidden]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 8:09 AM
> To: Mulloy, Robert
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: 20050426:netCDF on windows
>
>
> "Mulloy, Robert" <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> i'm trying to run any of them. do i have to run them from the command line
>> or is there an application that is loaded (gui) that i can run this from?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ed Hartnett [mailto:address@hidden]
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 8:01 AM
>> To: Mulloy, Robert
>> Cc: address@hidden
>> Subject: Re: 20050426:netCDF on windows
>>
>>
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>>>>To: "'address@hidden'" <address@hidden>
>>>>From: "Mulloy, Robert" <address@hidden>
>>>>Subject: win
>>>>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>>>>Keywords: 200504261957.j3QJv5v2019816
>>>
>>>
>>> i'm trying to run netcdf on windows and am having little luck. do i run
>> the
>>> program from the command line? and if so how do i know its working?
>>>
>>> the application i'm hoping to use is ncks.
>>>
>>> help me please; i'm floundering...
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>>
>> What program are you trying to run?
>>
>> In general, just put the windows DLL in the same directory as the
>> program that is trying to use it.
>>
>> See here:
>>
>>
> http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/netcdf/docs/netcdf-install/Build
>> ing-and-Installing-NetCDF-on-Windows.html
>>
>> Good luck,
>>
>> Ed
>> -- 
>> Ed Hartnett  -- address@hidden
>>
>>
>
> There is no GUI. The only two command line applications are ncgen and
> ncdump. 
>
> NetCDF is a programming library, so the main idea is that you get the
> DLL and call the functions in it.
>
> Do you have a netCDF data file? If so, try ncdump on it, and see if it
> will list the contents of the file.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Ed
> -- 
> Ed Hartnett  -- address@hidden
>
>

ncks is part of NCO, a set of tools developed to work with netCDF, but
not developed here at Unidata. I suggest you start with their
homepage:

http://nco.sourceforge.net/

Good luck!

Ed


-- 
Ed Hartnett  -- address@hidden