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This message > RuntimeError: NetCDF: String match to name in use means that you are trying to create two dimensions with the same name. If not too big, can you send me the _netCDF4.pyx file? > Full Name: Rosana Ribeiro > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: ufba > Package Version: > Operating System: > Hardware: > Description of problem: I am trying to bundle multiple Geotiff rasters into > one NetCDF file. > But, I get the following error: > > File "netCDF4/_netCDF4.pyx", line 2339, in > netCDF4._netCDF4.Dataset.createDimension > File "netCDF4/_netCDF4.pyx", line 3090, in netCDF4._netCDF4.Dimension.__init__ > File "netCDF4/_netCDF4.pyx", line 1745, in netCDF4._netCDF4._ensure_nc_success > RuntimeError: NetCDF: String match to name in use > Do you know where could be a problem ? Thank you > > > =Dennis Heimbigner Unidata Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: MTH-829107 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Open =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.