Max length on attributes in cdl files?

• To: netcdfgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
• Subject: Max length on attributes in cdl files?
• From: moninger@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Bill Moninger)
• Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 15:48:14 GMT

In an effort to maximize the readability of my cdl files, I entered
extensive multi-line comments in the :units attribute.  This worked fine on
a sun running SunOS, but not on HP-UX or SGI, which bumped up against a 200
character limit.

So my question is, what is the best way to include documention like the
following in a cdl file?

THIS FAILS ON SOME MACHINES:
byte correctedFlag(recNum);
 correctedFlag:long_name ="Corrected data indicator";
 correctedFlag:units = "
  r = raw data,
  l = data that has  undergone lat/lon correction
     (other than interpolation),
  T = data that has undergone temperature correction, 
  f = longitude and wind direction flipped, 
  t = obs time has been set to the report receipt time
";


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