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Yes, that's the catch22 with paths in the operating systems. -Lansing On 4/3/2013 2:53 PM, Mathew Biddle - NOAA Affiliate wrote: > New Client Reply: Question on NcML aggregation > > Okay, I think I figured it out. I was pointing to the files using the unix > path (which was wrong), I adjusted it to the Windows path (changing the \ > to /) and now it is trying to open the correct files. I am simply receiving > an access denied error which is associated with the netCDF files themselves. > > Matt > > > address@hidden> wrote: > >> I am using the absolute path, but I've tried both relative and absolute. I >> do receive an error as follows >> "There are no datasets in the aggregation DatasetCollectionManager"... >> My understanding is that means ToolsUI can't find any files matching my >> expression in that specific directory. >> >> Matt >> >> >> address@hidden> wrote: >> >>> Matt, >>> >>> Are you using an absolute path in your scan? Relative paths can be >>> problematic, but we think an absolute path should work just fine. >>> >>> -Lansing >>> >>>> Lansing, >>>> >>>> I'm trying to look somewhere on my local directory, just not where the >>> ncml >>>> file is located. I am running ToolsUI on the windows system, however, I >>> can >>>> access the files through both a windows and a linux system. Does it >>> cause >>>> an issue if the files are symbolic links? >>>> >>>> Matt >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Ticket Details >>> =================== >>> Ticket ID: HIP-291542 >>> Department: Support netCDF Java >>> Priority: Normal >>> Status: Open >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Mathew Biddle, Oceanographer >> NOAA/NODC UMD/ESSIC/CICS E/OC1 >> 1315 East-West Hwy >> Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282 >> Phone: (301) 713-3272 X163 >> Email: address@hidden >> http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/ >> http://www.facebook.com/noaa.nodc >> > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: HIP-291542 Department: Support netCDF Java Priority: Normal Status: Open