Re: [netcdfgroup] Accessing a NetCDF and HDF5 file at the same time corrupts the HDF file

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• Subject: Re: [netcdfgroup] Accessing a NetCDF and HDF5 file at the same time corrupts the HDF file
• From: Oliver Lemke <Oliver.Lemke@xxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:07:22 +0200
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On 2010-10-22, at 16:40, Ed Hartnett wrote:

> Oliver Lemke <olemke@xxxxxx> writes:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I'm trying to write to a NetCDF file and an HDF5 file at the same time. When 
>> I call nc_close() the HDF5 file identifier gets corrupted:
>> 
>> [snip]
>> Using NetCDF 4.1.1 and HDF5 1.8.5, I get the following error when calling 
>> H5Fclose and the resulting HDF file is empty:
>> 
>> HDF5-DIAG: Error detected in HDF5 (1.8.5) thread 0:
>> #000: H5F.c line 1943 in H5Fclose(): invalid file identifier
>>   major: Invalid arguments to routine
>>   minor: Inappropriate type
>> 
>> Calling H5Fclose() _before_ nc_close() makes the problem go away. The 
>> problem also does not occur when linking against NetCDF 3.6.3. Is this 
>> possibly a bug in nc_close()?
>> 
>> Any help appreciated.
>> 
>> /oliver
>> 
> 
> Howdy Oliver!
> 
> Can you try the latest netCDF snapshot release and tell me if this goes
> away?
> 
> ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/snapshot/netcdf-4-daily.tar.gz

Hi Ed,

Tried with snapshot2010102020 and the problem indeed goes away.

/oliver

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