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[netCDF #DVM-516594]: netCDF V3.6.1 & NF_UNLIMITED

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  • Subject: [netCDF #DVM-516594]: netCDF V3.6.1 & NF_UNLIMITED
  • Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:01:58 -0700
Hi Craig,

> The status value returned from NC_DEF_DIM is -63. If I change NF_UNLIMITED to
> another number, the error persists. All other variables concerned are
> correctly defined.

This should only happen if NF_UNLIMITED is somehow negative (it is defined as 0 
in the netcdf.inc include file) or the unlimited dimension has already been 
defined.  Have you included the 'netcdf.inc' include file before this point, so 
that constants such as NF_UNLIMITED are defined?

Another thing to check is that you are using the same compile flags as the 
library you are linking against was built with.  For example, if the library 
was built as a 64-bit executable, but you are compiling a 32-bit executable, 
problems such as this could result.

No one has reported a bug of this sort with the 3.6.1 Fortran 77 interface.  
There are lots of tests run when the library is built,including tests creating 
and using an unlimited dimension, if "make check" is invoked in the top-level 
source directory.  Do you happen to know whether "make check" ran successfully 
to completion for your installation?  If the source directory is still 
available and you have write permission in the source directories, you could 
run "make check" again to make sure the installation is OK.

--Russ


Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
address@hidden                     http://www.unidata.ucar.edu



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: DVM-516594
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed