maximum size of the netcdf files

Risto Makkonen risto.makkonen at HELSINKI.FI
Thu May 11 04:55:04 EDT 2006


Hi,

I have tried versions 1.8s11 and 1.9b4, but I haven't got large netCDF-files
working on my linux (kernel 2.6.9-34). This is the output from version
1.9b4, netCDF filesize is about 2.4 Gb:

> Config: v1.9b4 32-bit little-endian readline sdf/xdf netcdf lats printim
>
> Issue 'q config' command for more information.
>
> GX Package Initialization: Size = 11 8.5
> ga-> sdfopen EH_HAM_01_197806.01_aero.nc
> Scanning self-describing file:  EH_HAM_01_197806.01_aero.nc
> nc_open failure:
> File too large
> EH_HAM_01_197806.01_aero.nc does not exist or is not a netCDF file.
>
> Couldn't ingest SDF metadata.
> If this was an HDF-SDS file, try gradshdf.

How do I configure and compile GrADS with large-file support? I'm using
netcdf version 3.6.1.

-Risto



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