sdfopen error in linux

[Don Hooper]

Actually, I just tried it in both versions, and it worked fine for me in both.
Perhaps it was a transitory problem at the server (nomad3.ncep.noaa.gov).
Or perhaps it's one of those infamous OPeNDAP cache problems....

-Hoop
> From owner-gradsusr at LIST.CINECA.IT  Fri May  5 03:39:17 2006
> From: Dan Leins <theedge981 at GMAIL.COM>
>
> I had a similar problem with gradsdods using 1.8SL11, try upgrading to grads
> 1.9b4, it seemed to work for me.
>
> Dan
>
>
> On 5/5/06, Derek Goring <nztideman at yahoo.co.nz> wrote:
> >
> > Running gradsdods on Debian Linux, I get this invalid argument error with
> > sdfopen:
> >
> > Config: v1.8SL11 32-bit little-endian readline sdf/xdf netcdf DODS-enabled
> > latsprintim
> >
> > Issue 'q config' command for more information.
> >
> > Landscape mode? (no for portrait):  l
> > GX Package Initialization: Size = 11 8.5
> > ga-> sdfopen http://nomad3.ncep.noaa.gov:9090/dods/gfs/rotating/gfs_12z
> > Scanning self-describing file:
> > http://nomad3.ncep.noaa.gov:9090/dods/gfs/rotating/gfs_12z
> > nc_open failure:
> > Invalid argument
> > http://nomad3.ncep.noaa.gov:9090/dods/gfs/rotating/gfs_12z does not exist
> > or isnot a netCDF file.
> >
> > Couldn't ingest SDF metadata.
> > If this was an HDF-SDS file, try gradshdf.
> >
> > What is going wrong?
> >
> >
> >
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