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[netCDF #SZV-506829]: excessive warnings when accessing HDF4 from netCDF

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  • Subject: [netCDF #SZV-506829]: excessive warnings when accessing HDF4 from netCDF
  • Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 14:15:20 -0600
Hi Charlie,

> netCDF configured with --enable-logging reports many (!) of the
> warnings when NCO uses it to examine HDF4 files:
> "H5F_locate_signature(): unable to find a valid file signature"
> Is there a way to quiet this particular warning?
> It is a predictable message that could perhaps be fixed, e.g., teach
> netCDF4/HDF5 to expect that valid HDF4 signatures are unavailable.
> Or perhaps there is a way to set the verbosity of HDF logging?
> 
> Configuring without --enable-logging eliminates the unwanted messages.
> But that would also eliminate the unpredictable and wanted messages.

If you build netCDF with --enable-logging, then put the following in
your code:

nc_set_log_level(3);

You will then get a ton of output. Trying changing the "3" to a "1" to
get less output, or to a 5 to get more.

> Something for Unidata and THG to chew-on, I suppose.

Yes, we're glad THG provided this, so we could make it available in the
netCDF C and Fortran APIs.

--Russ

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



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: SZV-506829
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed