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Re: catching netcdf error codes [message #38786 is a reply to message #38722]

Mon, 29 March 2004 21:27

Mark Hadfield
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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?".

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Mark Hadfield "Ka puwaha te tai nei, Hoea tatou"
m.hadfield@niwa.co.nz
National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)

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		catching netcdf error codes By: Benjamin Hornberger on Fri, 26 March 2004 12:48
		Re: catching netcdf error codes By: R.Bauer on Tue, 30 March 2004 02:39
		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
		Re: catching netcdf error codes By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Sun, 28 March 2004 07:38

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