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Re: 19990623: udunits.dat file

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  • Subject: Re: 19990623: udunits.dat file
  • Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 14:03:46 -0600
Mark,

> To: address@hidden
> From: Mark Govett <address@hidden>
> Subject: udunits.dat file
> Organization: .
> Keywords: 199906231600.KAA24823

In the above message, you wrote:

>   It looks like the file udunits.dat is read by libudunits.a at
> runtime.  Is there any way to avoid this?
>
> The reason for my inquiry is that I wish to offer software that uses
> the udunits library for simple time conversions but would prefer not
> requiring users install the udunits software.

You could set the environment variable UDUNITS_PATH to ""dev/null".

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Steve Emmerson   <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu>