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[netCDF #QVU-411184]: Probable bug in netcdf-4.1.1

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  • Subject: [netCDF #QVU-411184]: Probable bug in netcdf-4.1.1
  • Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 10:30:11 -0600
Hi Marica,
 
> I'm using the c++ interface of the nectdf-4.1.1 library to read/write
> netCDF-4 files and I've found that the call to the constructor of the
> NcFile class causes a segmentation fault with the combination of arguments
> <FileMode = ReadOnly, FileFormat = netCDF-4>. Yet, if I use the default
> "Classic" the program works fine (note that the file I'm trying to read
> was created using FileFormat = netCDF-4).  Where is the problem? Am I
> misusing the interface or is there a bug?

The default c++ interface provided with version 4.1.1 only supports
the older "classic" data model used in netCDF-3, not the "enhanced"
data model used with netCDF-4.  There is an experimental contributed
C++ library for netCDF-4 that's included with netCDF-4.1.1, but to
build and test it, you have to specify --enable-cxx-4 to the configure
script.  The documentation available for this new netCDF-4 C++
interface is available here:

  http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/cxx4/

I thought we had a pointer to this on our documentation page, but it
seems to have disappeared.  I'll see if I can get that added.  We
should be announcing this new C++ API, contributed by Lynton Appel of
the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE) in Oxfordshire, soon.

--Russ

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



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: QVU-411184
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed