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Re: catching netcdf error codes [message #38778 is a reply to message #38722]

Tue, 30 March 2004 02:39

R.Bauer
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Mark Hadfield wrote:
> Reimar Bauer wrote:
>
>> Mark Hadfield wrote:
>>
>>> Reimar Bauer wrote:
>>>
>>>> You need only to check the first three bytes of the file. If it is
>>>> 'CDF'
>>>> then it is a netCDF file.
>>>
>>>
>>> Or possibly some other sort of file with 'CDF' in the first three bytes!
>>>
>>
>> Yes if you have one other. Do you have an example.
>
>
> No.
>
>> It works since a while for us.
>
>
> I'm just worried that it will fail to work when you least expect it.
>
> I like the idea of trying to open the file with NCDF_OPEN and catching
> any errors, because that directly answers the question: "can I open this
> file as netCDF?".
>
>
>

You are right, it could be better to do it this way because the internal
file format will be changed to HDF SD format by version 4 of netCDF.
I don't know when but then probably the string test of my routine stops
working.

Reimar

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		catching netcdf error codes By: Benjamin Hornberger on Fri, 26 March 2004 12:48
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		Re: catching netcdf error codes By: Mark Hadfield on Mon, 29 March 2004 21:27
		Re: catching netcdf error codes By: R.Bauer on Mon, 29 March 2004 07:56
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