This archive contains answers to questions sent to Unidata support through mid-2025. Note that the archive is no longer being updated. We provide the archive for reference; many of the answers presented here remain technically correct, even if somewhat outdated. For the most up-to-date information on the use of NSF Unidata software and data services, please consult the Software Documentation first.
Tim, Maybe if you also set the environment variable LC_CTYPE to "C" in addition to setting LANG to "C", that would specify a locale not requiring multi-byte characters. If you are using ksh, bash, sh, or some other POSIX shell, you can set these on the configure invocation line, like: LANG=C LC_CTYPE=C ./configure ... If you are instead using csh, tcsh, or some other csh-compatible command shell, I think you need to use setenv before invoking configure, as in setenv LANG C setenv LC_CTYPE C ./configure ... Sorry if you already knew this, I'm just not sure if the problem might be a simple one of not setting the environment variables properly for the shell you are using ... --Russ Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: DTX-704143 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed