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- Subject: Re: utility to turn UNLIMITED dimension into fixed len dim?
- From: Reimar Bauer <R.Bauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 01:18:10 +0200
Am Freitag, 2. April 2004 23:51 schrieb Chris Webster: > >>Is there a utility to copy an existing netCDF file with an UNLIMITED > >>dimension into one without? > > > > Dear Chris > > > > ncdump and ncgen. > > > > The dimension of the unlimeted one must be set to the right one. > > This doesn't seem very robust. Fails for: > > a) variables that start with a numeric digit. We are using a patched netCDF lib I know this problem. For linux I could sh are the patched dlm for idl. > > b) "nan" in the data. > > --Chris We have an idl routine which could do on default this conversion by read_ncdf() and write_ncdf, The reading and writing routine attributes are controlled by a definition routine, def_icg If you are interested you could find it here http://www.fz-juelich.de/icg/icg-i/idl_icglib/idl_lib_intro.html Reimar
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- utility to turn UNLIMITED dimension into fixed len dim?