maximum size of the netcdf files

[Eric DeWeaver]

Hi Hoop,

Believe it or not, I downloaded the prebuilt 1.9v4 from COLA and
got large file support.  I believe this is the linux RH9 version.

As you say, this is quite surprising, but it's a pleasant surprise.

Best Wishes,

Eric



On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, Don Hooper wrote:

> In order for any NetCDF application to work with NetCDF files greater than
> 2 Gbytes in size, that application must be linked against a NetCDF library
> of version 3.6.0p1 or later.  While it's possible that the pre-built versions
> from COLA were built with such a recent version, it would surprise me some.
> In any case, it's a necessary precondition for working with NetCDF files
> over 2 Gbytes in size.
>
> -Hoop
> > From owner-gradsusr at LIST.CINECA.IT  Fri Jan 13 09:04:06 2006
> >
> > Hi Mihaela,
> >
> > Grads version 1.8sl11 has a file size limit of 2.1Gb.
> >
> > Grads version 1.9b4 has support for large files, or at least
> > it can be built with large file support.  I had lots of trouble
> > building grads, but I did get the LFS support.  The relevant
> > output from the configure script is
> >
> >   checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no
> >   checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... no
> >   checking for _LARGE_FILES value needed for large files... no
> >   checking for _LARGEFILE_SOURCE value needed for large files... 1
> >   checking for fseeko... yes
> >
> > Of course, there may still be an upper limit, but I haven't hit
> > it yet.
> >
> > Best Wishes,
> >
> > Eric
> >
> > On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, Mircea Mihaela wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > there is a maximum size of a netcdf file that can be read by grads?
> > >
> > > Thank you very much in advance for the answer.
> > >
> > > Mihaela
> > >
> >
>