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[netCDF #NCE-670062]: How to produce NcML from a netCDF-4 file

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  • Subject: [netCDF #NCE-670062]: How to produce NcML from a netCDF-4 file
  • Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 13:57:55 -0600
There is currently no way to do this for netcdf-4 files.
It is doable but would take some time.
Your comment about faking classic makes me think that you
are not using a lot of  the netcdf-4 data model.
Can you describe which netcdf-4 features you are using?

> Hardware:
> Description of problem: I work on a NOAA project, CLASS, and our software 
> depends on being able to run ncdump -x to obtain NcML metadata representation 
> for a GOES-R file, which is reported as netCDF-4 by ncdump -k.
> 
> We are upgrading to a more recent version of netCDF and have found that the 
> -x option is only supported for the classic model.  I understand we might be 
> able to circumvent the problem by changing an attribute in the file to make 
> it appear classic, but we would like to avoid manipulating or copying files.
> 
> Is there a command line utility or an API call that would allow us to 
> generate NcML from a netCDF-4 file?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Anatoli
> 
> 

=Dennis Heimbigner
  Unidata


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: NCE-670062
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Open
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