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Re: Reading HDF5 Variable [message #42595 is a reply to message #42521]

Mon, 14 February 2005 14:12

Michael Wallace
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Registered: December 2003

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>> Cool. I tried doing this a while back but I was never successful.
>> Which versions of hdfdump and ncgen are you using? If I can simply do
>> that from the command line now, that'd be so much easier.
>
>
> Oopsy - I should've read the subject line closer. I've only done it for
> HDF4 files (v4.1r3). Sorry. When I found out HDF5 was incompatible with
> HDF4 (is that still true?) I avoided HDF5 like the plague and plead
> total ignorance when someone wants to give me a HDF5 file. ;o)
>
> However, if the hdfdump for HDF5 libraries outputs in CDL, ncgen should
> understand it, right? I just had a quick look at the HDF5 website and
> h5dump doesn't mention CDL, just XML. Bummer. Maybe h5toh4 -> h4dump ->
> ncgen ??
>

Yeah, I was working with HDF5 rather than HDF4. While I attempt to
avoid HDF5 like the plague some of my scientific colleagues do not. The
hdf5 -> hdf4 -> netCDF route isn't one I've thought of before -- maybe
I'll give that a try one day.

-Mike

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		Reading HDF5 Variable By: David Fanning on Mon, 14 February 2005 07:14
		Re: Reading HDF5 Variable By: David Fanning on Mon, 14 February 2005 18:10
		Re: Reading HDF5 Variable By: James Kuyper on Mon, 14 February 2005 16:43
		Re: Reading HDF5 Variable By: Michael Wallace on Mon, 14 February 2005 14:12
		Re: Reading HDF5 Variable By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Mon, 14 February 2005 14:03

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