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> I am using rc1, not a snapshot, so far as I know: > > zender@roulee:~/nco$ ncks --lib > Linked to netCDF library version 4.2.1-rc1, compiled Jun 21 2012 22:52:46 > > zender@roulee:~/nco$ nc-config --version > netCDF 4.2.1-rc1 > > Puzzling. What is your UMASK value? It's 0002, but I think I see the problem. In my testing, I was writing to a file that already existed, named "tmp.nc" that had 644 permissions, so nccopy wasn't changing the permissions, although it was overwriting the file. Apparently the bug is still there for creating a new file, it looks like it ignores the umask value in that case: $ umask 0002 $ nccopy test1.nc tmp.nc && ls -l tmp.nc -rw-rw-r-- 1 russ ustaff 108 Jun 27 13:41 tmp.nc $ nccopy -w test0.nc tmp.nc && ls -l tmp.nc -rw-rw-r-- 1 russ ustaff 104 Jun 27 13:41 tmp.nc $ rm tmp.nc $ nccopy -w test0.nc tmp.nc && ls -l tmp.nc -rwxrwxr-x 1 russ ustaff 104 Jun 27 13:42 tmp.nc Thanks for reporting this! We'll try to fix it for real, this time ... --Russ > On 06/27/2012 11:47 AM, Unidata netCDF Support wrote: > > Charlie, > > > > I should have also pointed out that the fix takes UMASK into account, > > rather than just setting the output file permissions to 644 ... > > > > --Russ > > > >>> What sets/controls the permissions on files nc_create()'d > >>> with NC_DISKLESS? NCO normally creates files with UNIX > >>> permissions 644 (octal), but those created with NC_DISKLESS have > >>> mode 755. Wondering what the recommended way is to ensure > >>> files are created with 644 permissions. I can invoke > >>> chmod() from within NCO if necessary, though this seems > >>> rather baroque. > >>> > >>> nccopy exhibits this behavior too, as shown here: > >>> > >>> zender@roulee:~$ nccopy -r -w ~/nco/data/in.nc ~/foo.nc > >>> zender@roulee:~$ ls -l foo.nc > >>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 zender zender 42356 Jun 26 23:36 foo.nc > >>> zender@roulee:~$ nccopy -r ~/nco/data/in.nc ~/foo.nc > >>> zender@roulee:~$ ls -l foo.nc > >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 zender zender 42356 Jun 26 23:37 foo.nc > >> > >> This problem is fixed in netcdf-4.2.1-rc1, announced last week. Are > >> you testing on a snapshot release from before that announcement? I > >> just tried it with 4.2.1-rc1 in nccopy, and the files it creates have > >> 644 permissions. > >> > >> Incidentally, I haven't found an example in using nccopy where the > >> "-r" option for copying the input file into a diskless file first > >> provides a performance improvement. > >> > >> --Russ > >> > >> Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program > >> address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu > >> > >> > > > > Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program > > address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: MEJ-623272 > > Department: Support netCDF > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Closed > > > > > > > -- > Charlie Zender, Department of Earth System Science > University of California, Irvine 949-891-2429 )'( > > Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: MEJ-623272 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed