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"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 >> >> >> Unidata Support <address@hidden> writes: >> >>> ------- Forwarded Message >>> >>>>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... >>> >>> Robert Mulloy >>> Senior Meteorologist >>> >>> Shell Trading Gas and Power >>> 909 Fannin >>> Plaza Level 1 >>> Houston, TX 77010 >>> >>> Direct: 713 767 5512 >>> Cell: 713 301 3576 >>> e-mail: address@hidden >>> AOL IM: rmulloystgp >>> >>> -- >>> >> > **************************************************************************** >>> Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata >>> (303)497-8643 P.O. Box >>> address@hidden Boulder, CO >>> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Unidata WWW Service >>> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the >>> Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available >>> through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made >>> available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us. >>> >>> ------- End of Forwarded Message >>> >>> >> >> 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