[netCDF #YTC-894489]: Using NetCDF and HDF5 in the same program

Hi Cihan,

> We have an application that uses NetCDF and another library (LLNL's
> Silo) which internally uses HDF5. Since upgrading to version 4 this
> causes a problem due to NetCDF calling H5close() while Silo still relies
> on HDF5 data instances being valid.
> 
> I discovered this post:
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/support/help/MailArchives/netcdf/msg09101.html
> which reveals that the reason for calling H5close() is to free memory,
> however, this doesn't take into account that HDF5 might be used outside
> the NetCDF library.
> 
> Do you have any suggestions on how to solve this problem? We currently
> need both libraries but this problem is a show-stopper as we can only
> use one but not both.

Sorry it's taken so long to respond to your question.

We've removed the call to H5close() in the current snapshot, so this problem
should be fixed in the upcoming release, as well as the next beta release.

--Russ

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



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: YTC-894489
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Emergency
Status: Closed