Re: 20050516: error message when trying to download netcdf data manipulation programme

Unidata Support <address@hidden> writes:

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>>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

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Ed Hartnett  -- address@hidden