[netcdfgroup] Error initializing for parallel access, after 16777187 writes

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• Subject: [netcdfgroup] Error initializing for parallel access, after 16777187 writes
• From: Timothy Stitt <Timothy.Stitt.9@xxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 21:49:56 -0400

Hi all,

I’m converting a large ASCII text file to NETCDF4 format by reading in lines 
from the ASCII file and writing them out using nc_put_vara_text().

I’ve tested my program with various test cases and it appeared to work fine. 
I’ve now been given a large 14GB ASCII file and during conversion the program 
fails with the following runtime error:

Error: NetCDF: Error initializing for parallel access

This error always occurs after the 16777187 iteration/write. I’ve used a 
debugger to verify that the output strings are valid for this iteration and the 
nc_put_vara_text() command and its arguments look fine.

I was wondering therefore if anyone knew why this error might be occurring?

Thanks in advance,

Tim.