Re: [netcdfgroup] ncgen help

• To: Pedro Vicente <pedro.vicente@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: [netcdfgroup] ncgen help
• From: Roy Mendelssohn - NOAA Federal <roy.mendelssohn@xxxxxxxx>
• Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2016 09:41:31 -0800

man ncgen

-Roy

> On Feb 13, 2016, at 8:57 AM, Pedro Vicente <pedro.vicente@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hi Ward
>  
> I am trying to find how to generate a "netCDF4 classic" file with ncgen , I 
> suppose the -k kind option
>  
> Doing a --help option
>  
> pvicente@glace:~/nco$ ncgen --help
> ncgen: invalid option -- '-'
> Usage: ncgen [ -b ] [ -c ] [ -f ] [ -k kind ] [ -x ] [-S struct-format] [-M 
> <name> [ -o outfile]  [ file ... ]
> This is probably one of the worst help usages I have ever seen.
>  
> How are we supposed to know what these options mean?
>  
> Doing google search "ncgen help" points to a non existing page
>  
>  
> https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/netcdf/ncgen.html
>  
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