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ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.main() now is a cover for FileWriter, but you can also open NcML, OPeNDAP, and other datasets accessible with NetcdfDataset.openFile(). in the latest release 4.0.32 > Hi Rich, > > > > Sorry. My mistake. It is failing for me as well. I'm using the > > > latest 4.0 and I'm guessing you are too. I haven't tried 2.2 > > > but I don't think it would fail. > > > > Yes, it fails with 2.2 as well. > > I'm not getting a failure with 2.2, only with 4.0. What version of 2.2 are you running? > > > > I'll dig into this a bit more tomorrow and double check and > > > see about a fix to FileWriter. > > > > Okay, that would be great. Thanks! > > There was a change early in the 4.0 code that switched FileWriter from using NetcdfDataset to NetcdfFile (I think to attempt to clean up our package dependencies). Since, NcML handling is at the dataset not file level, FileWriter lost its ability to handle NcML files. > > I'll add this to our list for the next 4.0 release. > > Let me know if you still can't get it working in 2.2 and we can dig into that. > > Ethan Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: SYH-931648 Department: Support netCDF Java Priority: Normal Status: Closed