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Oops, I wrote, incorrectly: > Unfortunately, there's a bug with the "-x" option to ncgen, so it doesn't do > anything. > Here's the bug-tracking ticket on this bug, in case you'd like to monitor > progress > or request a higher prioritiy for a fix: > > https://bugtracking.unidata.ucar.edu/browse/NCF-146 Although that bug is marked as being "Open", I just tested it and it appears to work as documented, at least for a single variable of type double. Without "-x", ncgen writes fill values for the variable, but with "-x", the variable values are instead all 0. --Russ Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: EFR-165897 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed