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Re: Deleting a variable from a NetCDF file [message #49460]

Wed, 26 July 2006 09:34

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Thanks Paul!

Overwriting did the trick.

Alex
Paul Van Delst wrote:
> Mark Hadfield wrote:
>> alexzcervantes@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> How about overwriting a variable in a NetCDF file?
>>>
>>> My problem is that I have to overwrite a variable in a NetCDF file. I
>>> was thinking of deleting the variable, and then writing my new
>>> variable.
>>>
>>> Is there a flag that will allow me to just overwrite the variable?
>>
>>
>> Will the new variable have the same data type and dimensions as the
>> original? Then just rename it (NCDF_VARRENAME) and then overwrite the
>> data (NCDF_VARPUT).
>
> Also, do you want to overwrite the variable+data, or just the data associated wsith teh
> variable? If the former, then Mark's suggestions will do the trick. If the latter, then
> all you need to do is replace the data (using the varput routine).
>
> paulv
>
>
>> Otherwise you have to make a new file, copy over all the stuff you want
>> to keep, add the new stuff. The netCDF operators (NCO) are good for this
>> sort of thing:
>>
>> http://nco.sourceforge.net/
>>
>
>
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		Re: Deleting a variable from a NetCDF file By: alexzcervantes@gmail. on Wed, 26 July 2006 09:34
		Re: Deleting a variable from a NetCDF file By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 25 July 2006 07:35
		Re: Deleting a variable from a NetCDF file By: Mark Hadfield on Mon, 24 July 2006 15:03
		Re: Deleting a variable from a NetCDF file By: alexzcervantes@gmail. on Mon, 24 July 2006 14:53
		Re: Deleting a variable from a NetCDF file By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Mon, 24 July 2006 14:02

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