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Unidata Support <address@hidden> writes: > ------- Forwarded Message > >>To: address@hidden >>From: "Jennifer Purdie" <address@hidden> >>Subject: General Support - error message when trying to download netcdf data >>manipulation programme >>Organization: University of Waikato >>Keywords: 200505160253.j4G2rK2J012712 > > Institution: University of Waikato, New Zealand > Package Version: don\'t know > Operating System: Windows > Hardware Information: not sure > Inquiry: To Whom it May Concern, I have downloaded some netCDF format > files from the climate data centre at NOAA, and now wish to view these > files. I simply want to view the data in ASCII format, and then I will > be able to transfer it into my chosen statistics package for > manipulation. > > To this end, I went into the site > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/metcdf/ and clicked on Getting > Started/Software for manipulating or displaying netCDF data. > > I clicked on ANAX (ARM NetCDF ASCII eXtract), and under the extract > ascii box I clicked on anax. I downloaded the also required > cygwin1.dll file and then the Download binary: windows file. I got the > error message: The procedure entry point_getreent could not be located > in the dynamic link library cygwin1.dll. I downloaded both these files > to the windows/system32 section on my C: drive. > > Could you please tell me what Im doing wrong, and how I can download a > copy of the program anax, or some other program so I can extract data > in ascii format from a netCDF file? > > I am totally stuck, and would greatly appreciate your help. > > Regards, > Jennifer Purdie Howdy Jennifer, The utility you are trying to build is not a Unidata utility, and I'm afraid I can't help you. However, the netcdf distribution does include ncdump, a utility to convert to ascii. See: http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/netcdf/docs/netcdf-install/Getting-Prebuilt-DLL.html#Getting-Prebuilt-DLL For installation instructions see: http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/netcdf/docs/netcdf-install/Installing-the-DLL.html#Installing-the-DLL Good luck! Ed -- Ed Hartnett -- address@hidden